How could you (do this) (to me)?

This phrase popped into my consciousness this morning, perhaps in relation to something I was reading while browsing the web.

I distinctly recall my mother using these phrases many times, with raised eyebrows and a big frown.  As I look back at it now, she used this as a blatant attempt to control me.  Even now, saying the words in my head, I feel shame, as though some wrong has been done to someone, somewhere, and it's all my fault!

I'm tapping, I'm tapping

EB: Mom, how could you (do this) (to me)?
SE: I was just a child
UE: with no defenses
UN: against your disapproval
CH: So this is how you meant me to feel?
CB: Shamed
UA: Confused
TH: Angry

EB:  I know better now
SE:  You were operating from fear
UE:  just like you wanted me to be
UN: you can't make me feel that way any more
CH:  I am happy with who I am
CB:  calm and safe
UA:  I know who I am
TH:  I am perfect with all my imperfections

Namaste,
Sue

Hot, hot, hot

Please, don't forget to drink water during these hot and humid days.  It is so easy to become dehydrated when there's so much moisture in the air.  We don't realize how much we're sweating because everything is so sticky.  So drink water (not coffee, not soda, not tea - all diuretics), at least half your body weight in ounces.  So, if you weigh 150 pounds, drink 75 ounces of water, or more, on the really hot days.  To round that up, make it 10 each 8 oz. glasses.

A good first step toward healing is

...reading The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz.  Here's a link to the book at Amazon, this is the hard cover, and there's a Kindle edition and paperback, too.

You know that words are information.  What you may not know is that not all information is the same.  Some words, written by the right person in the right manner with the right intention, are more powerful than others.

This book is one of those.  Powerful.  Insightful.  Meaningful.  Get it for yourself.

Health, Healing, Happiness, Holistic Wellness

What do those words mean to you?  What does health mean.  What does healing mean, what is happiness, what does holistic really mean?  And finally, what is wellness?

Can we weave all of these things into a whole new way of being?

Love to hear what you think, please post comments.