“Neurotic projection was only a phrase for me, before I saw Manan practicing it regularly. I’m accused of things which are so evident in his own behavior – maybe it relieves him of guilt or inadequacy, but it’s getting completely intolerable,” I sense desperation in her message.
Is she asking for professional help? Will it change her outlook on the not-so-smooth relationship between her father and me, and which she always wanted to improve?
I need to extricate myself from knots before I can help my daughter, for she is ….. not destined to suffer the consequences of her father’s Karma … or mine.
She is an independent being, not a shadow of my perspectives.
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‘Neurotic projection’, is a new phrase for me, never heard. The beautifully written story, Reena.
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Google it. It’s an interesting concept. And you’ll start seeing it everywhere.
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Thanks.
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One of the harder parts of parenting: placing one hand on their shoulders, and the other over our own mouths.
Listening helps!
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You’ve put it succinctly. Thank you, Liz!
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A deeply perceptive telling of the role of a mother who also has her own knots to solve so that, in her response to her daughter, she does not perpetuate these knots.
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Thank you, Jenne!
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Very sci-fi while working as a reflection on inherited traits.
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We rationalise things with faith or science, when we don’t understand patterns.
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Faith and science work as the script of life for me, as the beginnings of our attempts to order the universe.
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When it comes to children, more is caught than taught.
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That’s an excellent phrase or idiom. Thank you so much, Mimi!
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..to the fourth generation in most cases. we pass too much on. good six
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Wealth, yes…. 3 generations spend their lives earning, multiplying, accumulating …the following ones squander. Do you think it applies to non-material things as well?
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More questions than answers this week, Reena…
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Thanks 😀😀
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We need to avoid passing on our generational curses. Let the blessings flow.
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True. But controlling genetics is difficult. Thank you, Frank!
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Wow… You have beautifully captured the angst of the parent of an adult child… We never stop worrying and oh, it’s hard to know when to offer support and when to step back and let them figure things out…😕💕💕💕
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Thank you, Patti!
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A good six. I like the line …”she is… not destined to suffer the consequences of her father’s Karma…” And of course none of us are…
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Certainly. Thank you, Marian!
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