Maureen Brady Quotes

#1. I choose what sort of relationship I want to have with my family of origin today.

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#2. I am filled with truth at my center where I once held shame.

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#3. I look upon the gift of my life as a wondrous journey.

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#4. Though our childhood abuse left us feeling someone ought to make reparation to us, if we wait a lifetime for that, we may never receive what we need. We choose instead to face the idea that from now on, we are going to take responsibility for caring for ourselves.

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#5. As we move away from the old role in which we were helplessly entrapped as a victim, we make friends with the people who affirm us. Their enthusiasm about us mirrors the positive experience we are having.

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#6. For change to occur in us, we must be willing to enter the wilderness of the unknown and to wander in unfamiliar territory, directionless and often in the darkness....We do not need to keep every little thing under control. In fact, we find ourselves only by allowing some falling apart to happen.

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#7. I value and honor the way that my suffering brings me to further search and surrender.

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#8. I create a home that is a safe and nurturing place for me, where I am free to gather myself.

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#9. I am building a healthy support system and learning to use it readily.

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#10. It is not my wish to stay home so much that I become isolated, but to use the comforting influence of my home to restore and gather myself after each step I take in my expanding ability to participate in the world.

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#11. Fearing the unknown within myself has kept me crouching in a corner. I look to see who I am and discover much that is worthy.

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#12. I am empowered by self-knowledge, by ownership of my experiences, and by all aspects of myself.

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#13. I choose to let positive attitudes lighten my being today.

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#14. I am a whole person and have the potential to bring together all the different aspects of myself.

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#15. When we first begin to take power more directly, after long having kept our relationship to it underground...it is natural that we experience anxiety, even guilt, at putting ourselves first. These feeling let us know we are taking action; they do not need to stop us.

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#16. I sometimes continue to see myself in split ways; it causes me trouble and contributes to a lack of satisfaction with myself.

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