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An affirmation for adult children of
alcoholics:
I accept all my
emotions and natural expressions. Feelings are a part of my nature. Sometimes
my feelings are wonderful—sometimes my feelings are painful. Whatever they are,
my feelings are vital and essential in expressing the complete me.
I am a tapestry—an artistic
expression of God. The colorful threads that make up this work of art are my
emotions. Today I will stand back and view this masterpiece with its many
richly blended threads, and I will accept it completely and uncritically.
Today I appreciate that
my emotions and color and depth to my life.
I’ve often said that we are entitled
to our emotions. We can’t help emotions from rising up. Emotions are feelings
and feelings come from thoughts. Emotions remind us we are human, and we ride
the ups and downs each hour of every day, sometimes minute-by-minute. Pain and
sadness make us cry; humor, joy and laughter make us happy. It’s really as simple
as that: we feel, and our bodies react.
Feelings also become thoughts and
that means that we have a way to alter our thoughts a little.
I’m in love with the idea of
neuroplasicity. We have a way out of our mental torment! We have a way to
change the recording and what we tell ourselves. We are able to let the past be
the past, and not keep sneaking its way into our future.
Most of us probably feel a lot of
pain growing up with alcoholic parents. From the confusing feelings of
abandonment to the short-lived relief of love, those rare times our parents
actually did bring us into their arms or showed up at our recitals or ball
games.
We often didn’t know whether we were
coming or going. Life was unpredictable, and unbalanced.