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 What
type of relationship did you have
with your parents?
How do you really feel about them?
Whatever your relationship is or was
with your parents will be reflected
in the types of relationships you
have in your life.
It will be difficult for you to have
a good relationship with women if
you did not have a good relationship
with your mother.
Whatever
the image, thoughts and feelings you
have about your father will be
reflected in your relationships with
men.
Your relationship with them is your
model of what to expect, what is and
is not acceptable. When the
memories of our parents are
disappointing, frightening and/or
painful, we may repeat these
patterns in our lives. We can
break the pattern when we forgive
our parents. They did the best
they could based on the pattern and
model they lived with. They
have hurts and pains and bad
memories, just like we do.
Our parents are just people who did
the the best they could with what
they knew.
--
Iyanla Vanzant |
