Do onto others as you wish to be done onto This is the call Cast off the shackles of Abuse Neglect Mistreatment Harm The scars that mar your ancestors The scars that mar you The greatest gift given in life Free will Wield it like a craftsman Hold it like a pen and Rewrite your story Erase the patterns from your pages Show your children that you Can reshape the stars in the sky Show them how to heal in the light of the moon And the bright beacon of day No future is written in stone No fate inevitable Let it begin here By deciding the pain of the past Ends here
50 minutes ticking by
50 minutes to find out why
The tears will or will not come
I so struggle to find the one
Reason that keeps me coming back
Spilling emotions when words lack
50 minutes of probing questions
50 minutes of new suggestions
And strategies and considerations
To uncover buried machinations
The central program in my belief system
Manifest in all my symptoms
50 minutes focused on me
50 minutes of talk therapy
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An “I-statement” focuses on your own feelings and experiences. It does not focus on your perspective of what the other person has done or failed to do.
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I am human
a woman
a daughter
a wife
a mother
a lover
a caregiver
a nurturer
a provider
I am exhausted
hurt
angry
uncomfortable
scared
doing my best
I have a right to say no
to dislike something
to ask for what I want or need
to not be diminished or dismissed
to not be belittled
to rest when I need to
to prioritize myself
to have and respectfully express my own feelings out loud
to no be held accountable for offenses committed by others
I am not harming others when I am being my authentic self
not diminishing others when I speak my truth
not taking from others when I give to myself
not dishonoring others when I honor myself
I am an ally not an enemy
a partner not a villain
a friend not a foe
a person not an emotional punching bag
I do not want to be a vessel for holding pain that is not my own
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