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When
you are depressed, you tell yourself you are not good
enough. Indeed you are feeling as
though you are never enough and
this condition will never change. You may feel as though there is nothing you can
do to add or subtract from this ‘fact.’ This pronouncement is
the punishment you think you deserve.
Why
stop? After all, you are not worthy of love and joy. You use the
impact depression has
on you as an example of just how flawed
and defective you really are. Your limitations and
blockages are proof of your
inadequacy. You have failed to measure up to the
standards you set for yourself which are harsh criteria selected to disable you. You
then catalog the
evidence of your failure as a worthwhile human being. This
'hammering' is one form anger toward yourself takes.
When you accept who you are, approval and
disapproval are no longer required. Compassion appears instead.
Embrace who you are rather than condemning yourself to the trash
bin. You are, after all, a part of God and that is a
stunning fact indeed.
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