02-17-2010, 10:34 PM
Questioner, Peregrins, Lorna, et al.
Your story has deep similarities to mine as far as parents are concerned. My mom ruled our home with a tight, selfish fist. She is intelligent yet she has driven nearly everyone she knows away from her - family and friends. She has a very negative attitude and she doesn't seem to realize that she is poisoning herself. I left home at 18 and have not been back except to visit until now. I am back in my childhood home looking after my mom in her old age. I'm the only daughter and it's my responsibility.
Your posts have helped me to see her in a new light. She is a very young soul, I can see that now. Since I cannot control her or change her, I have only myself to work with. So I CAN model positive and caring attitudes and actions in my life in the hope that she will achieve a bit of wisdom in this incarnation, to at least maybe see that there's a different way to relate to those around her. But I won't be attached to the result. :->
Your story has deep similarities to mine as far as parents are concerned. My mom ruled our home with a tight, selfish fist. She is intelligent yet she has driven nearly everyone she knows away from her - family and friends. She has a very negative attitude and she doesn't seem to realize that she is poisoning herself. I left home at 18 and have not been back except to visit until now. I am back in my childhood home looking after my mom in her old age. I'm the only daughter and it's my responsibility.
Your posts have helped me to see her in a new light. She is a very young soul, I can see that now. Since I cannot control her or change her, I have only myself to work with. So I CAN model positive and caring attitudes and actions in my life in the hope that she will achieve a bit of wisdom in this incarnation, to at least maybe see that there's a different way to relate to those around her. But I won't be attached to the result. :->