NORWOODGROEP FORUM

20 september "Recovery from loving too much is for those who want it, not for those who need it. Most women need to recover from all the big and little ways they harm themselves and others through forcing issues, trying to manage and control people and events, practicing denial, and indulging t...

19 september "It's vital that we see our failures as lessons - and more than that, as our pathway to God. After all, it isn't what we do well that brings about our spiritual surrender, but what we cannot do at all." Het is van vitaal belang dat we onze mislukkingen zien als lessen - en mee...

18 september "Except for the physical abuse and/or emotional humiliation, the violent relationship, with all its intensity, best fits our culture's idea of how 'real love' is expressed. No woman in a stable, healthy relationship is ever wooed with the intensity that an abuser directs toward his...

17 september "If we want to change our lives, it is more important that we change our attitudes rather than our circumstances. Unless we change our attitudes, it is unlikely that our circumstances will ever really change." Als we ons leven willen veranderen is het belangrijker dat we onze ...

16 september "When we've made significant progress in a given area, life sometimes provides us with a test that shows whether or not we've really learned our lesson - kind of like a final exam that we must pass at the end of a school term so that we can go on to the next level of our education....

15 september "In order to recover you may have to let go of the mistaken idea that your high degree of sexual attraction or lust has, or ever did have, anything to do with love." Om te kunnen herstellen moet je misschien het verkeerde idee loslaten dat je sterke mate van seksuele aantrekki...

14 september "The first time we find ourselves on our knees, we're usually desperate for help. Later, humbly praying becomes a valued part of our efforts to receive guidance in order to live as we're meant to. Finally, because we recognize the invaluable function prayer has served in our spirit...

13 september "As we become more able to accept people as they are , we become more able to choose those who are good for us and to bless and release those who are not." Naarmate we beter in staat zijn mensen te accepteren zoals ze zijn , zijn we ook beter in staat voor die mensen te kiezen...

12 september "Spirituality, like charity, begins at home. We might think that with fewer problems and more time to ponder deep truths, we could better develop our spiritual side. But it is precisely through dealing with life's problems and pressures that our character defects are exposed and ev...

11 september

"When we become willing to forgive another person, suddenly we are given all the understanding we need of that person's condition."

Wanneer we zover zijn een ander te kunnen vergeven, wordt ons ineens al het inzicht gegeven dat we nodig hebben over de toestand van die ander.

10 september "When we let go of performing in certain ways in order to gain others' approval and love, we begin to learn who we really are." Wanneer we stoppen met ons te gedragen op bepaalde manieren met de bedoeling de goedkeuring of liefde van anderen te krijgen, kunnen we onszelf leren...

9 september "The need to control others under the guise of being helpful is very typical of the relationship addict. When we love too much, healing ourselves means that we must stop looking for ways to help others." De behoefte om controle te hebben over anderen onder het mom van behulpzaa...

8 september "Most of us who love too much have already learned the great spiritual lesson of compassion. In fact, many of us overdo compassion. We want to do for others what they really should be doing for themselves. We are now ready for the next great spiritual lesson - detachment. We must le...

7 september "We need to address our struggles for meaning, for identity, and for understanding within a spiritual quest, not a relationship quest." We moeten onze worstelingen voor het vinden van onze identiteit, inzicht en betekenis in het leven, aanpakken in een spirituele zoektocht, nie...

6 september "If we took on too much responsibility at too early an age, we may have been pretending to be grown up for so long, asking for so little for ourselves and doing so much for others that by now it seems too late to take our turn. But it isn't. Begin to learn how to take your turn now....