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29 Dec 2023 06:25 PM
29 Dec 2023 06:25 PM
Very true @Healandlove or it just turns into a show of toxic positivity will can be just as damaging.
I think it's about setting realistic expectations for ourselves. For example, we would never reframe to say "I won't speak until I'm perfect" because that's not realistic.
I hope I'm making sense.
29 Dec 2023 06:36 PM
29 Dec 2023 06:36 PM
Brilliant and thoughtful thank u , it is powerful !!! @tyme @Shaz51 @Healandlove @Glisten
29 Dec 2023 07:07 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:16 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:16 PM
Keep reading on 🙂 @Glisten
If you have any thoughts you are stuck on, please let us know and we can brainstorm it together with the community.
Have a think about this. If a kid said to you, "I'm not good at walking. I'm never going to do it again until I'm perfect."
What could you say in response to support this child?
29 Dec 2023 07:41 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:41 PM
@tyme @Glisten @EternalFlower @Shaz51 @Healandlove many thanks for this thread, it's a skill I sorely need.
"I didn't fit in and I said the wrong things"
But
"People were kind enough to invite me and include me and spoke their truth in love when they shut down some topics they weren't comfortable with"
29 Dec 2023 07:47 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:47 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:50 PM
29 Dec 2023 07:50 PM
@tyme I would respond to the child by asking “What makes you think you not good at walking? The good part of walking is in the doing. If you’re walking, you're doing good.”
Did I pass?
Give me another one please?
29 Dec 2023 08:01 PM
29 Dec 2023 08:01 PM
29 Dec 2023 08:08 PM
29 Dec 2023 08:08 PM
Thanks for this thread @tyme
It’s definitely something I need to work on. I think I can do it with the smaller thoughts but the really heavy ones, I don’t know how.
29 Dec 2023 08:08 PM
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