Posted by deirdrehbrt on October 15, 2003, at 21:40:55
In reply to Re: Is there value in telling the details? » deirdrehbrt, posted by DaisyM on October 14, 2003, at 22:49:47
Daisy,
I think that it is those of us who feel fragile and still keep on working getting better that show the most courage. that's not to say that I ever feep particularly corageous, but rather that if I see and recognize that courage in others, that I need to recognize it in myself as well.
I hate it when reason makes me admit things like that. It is much easier to accept the bad things about myself.
Please then, remember for yourself that the good is more than likely much more accurate than the bad. We have all heard the bad, from our parents, from our siblings, from those who have taken advantage of us, and we use that as our own template. It isn't true. We ARE good; the only piece missing is that we don't know it.
If I can know that light travels at 186282.397 miles per second, if I can bellieve that E=MC^2, If I can believe that someone can love me even though I think they are making a mistake, if I can believe either in a god that made the universe, or that chance could create beings such as us and worlds such as that on which we live, if I can believe ANYTHING ELSE, shouldn't I, and shouldn't You believe in the inherent goodness of ourselves?
Well, I don't believe it yet, but I do believe that I should believe it.
One thing that I think you should know though is this; In being here, and in writing to me, you have done something good for me. You let me know that in some measure, someone cares about me, at least enough to write. You have good within you.
Take care of you, you deserve it.
Dee.
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