As I’m thinking about what I want to do with my life, when I want to graduate, where I want to work, and what I want my future to hold, I saw this quote, “Be the woman you needed when you were younger.” What a concept! I am going to go out on a limb here and assume that there is another young person out there who needs the same person I needed when I was their age.
For me, I needed someone to let me feel. I grew up thinking that all of my “feelings” were wrong, inappropriate, and maybe even sinful. I don’t know why I felt this way, but no one ever told me differently. I constantly felt like I wasn’t allowed to cry or that I needed to suck it up. I felt as though my anger was never justified or acceptable. I even felt like happiness and glee were inappropriate more than it was acceptable. I needed someone to sit me down and let me feel the way I felt. Don’t get it confused. I didn’t need someone to justify my actions, throw me a pity party, or enable me. I needed someone to establish that no matter what the situation was, the feelings I had were real feelings that I was really having. Like a normal person. I think this is a huge reason why I am majoring in psychology. I want to look in the eyes if a young person and for them to see that I accept the way they are feeling is ok with me because it’s real. So, I don’t know about you guys. Who did you need when you were younger? How is this question going to shape the way you treat younger people you have an influence on? Bring someone else along with you on your rise, Brooklyn
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