Sublime

Shame begets shame.

The major problem in our lives is to decide and clarify our responsibilities.

Total self-love and acceptance is the only foundation for happiness and the love of others.

He frequently blushed. He was painfully self-conscious and hypervigilant.

Giving and receiving unconditional love is the most effective and powerful way to personal wholeness and happiness.

The parenting rules used in most Western world families create massive shame. Add alcoholism, incest and physical abuse to these systems, and you get major dysfunctionality.

The problem of toxic shame is ultimately a spiritual problem.

(Mike Wilkerson’s book Redemption and Justin and Lindsey Holcomb’s book Rid of My Disgrace are excellent.)

We cannot heal what we cannot feel.