[lifetimelearner]

Originally Posted by WordKeeper

spongesuesquareskirt - I see that you are on a remarkable path. I admire you and am writing to encourage you. I grew up with an emotionally abusive father but I had no idea. I believed everything he said. Finally, in his 70s he was diagnosed with several mental illnesses and conditions including Narcissistic Personality Disorder. Though he was a functioning, prominent, successful business executive before the host of disorders pushed him into "early retirement" he was a mean, belittling, sabotaging, demanding perfectionist at home.

It has taken me many, many years to figure it all out and to understand that my anger and hurt and resentment actually only hurts me. When I am aware of feeling inadequate, afraid, unworthy, a failure or any of the myriad emotions I learned at his hand I am reminded to hold him in my mind's eye and forgive him and hold him in a state of love. NOT easy - not at all easy. But I do it as though my life depends on it - because it does.

You are way ahead of the game - keep moving forward full steam ahead!

all I can think of saying is WOW wordkeeper
thanks for sharing