NORWOODGROEP FORUM

23 januari "Our primary aim should be protecting our own serenity and well-being, rather than finding the right man. Then and only then are we able to begin to choose a companion who can care about us in a wholesome way, because the more we heal our own damage and the less we need from a partne...

22 januari "When we stop loving too much, our relationship problems aren't automatically solved; but we do remove an enormous impediment to dealing with normal problems in healthy and productive ways." Als we stoppen met te zeer liefhebben zijn onze relatieproblemen niet automatisch opgelo...

21 januari "As women who love too much, we may actually relish our costarring roles in the recurring dramas and melodramas that make up our lives. Believing that we have had the saddest childhood or the most dangerous lover or the most shocking experience can become our way of feeling important...

20 januari

"Some very addictive relationships are between same-sex lovers."

Sommige zeer verslavende relaties zijn tussen geliefden van hetzelfde geslacht.

19 januari "One of the more difficult tasks you face in your recovery is learning to say and do nothing . When his life is unmanageable, when everything in you wants to take over, to advise and encourage him, to manipulate the situation in whatever way you can, you must learn to hold still, to ...

18 januari "Sometimes we grieve when people leave or conditions change or things are removed that we would never willingly surrender, because we cannot yet see the greater good that is coming to us." Soms hebben we verdriet wanneer mensen ons verlaten, of wanneer omstandigheden veranderen,...

17 januari "We can love too much with children, too. When a parent overdoes caretaking of a child, that child is burdened by responsibility for the parent's welfare." We kunnen ook te zeer liefhebben met onze kinderen. Wanneer een ouder de zorg voor een kind overdrijft, wordt dat kind bela...

16 januari "No other area is as 'slippery' as relationships are for clean and sober women. Most sober alcoholic women who slip do so over men." Voor vrouwen die gestopt zijn met alcohol en/of drugs is geen ander gebied zo gevaarlijk voor terugvallen als relaties. De meeste aan alcohol vers...

15 januari "We may have learned as children that saying our prayers demonstrates our devotion to God - and if He is convinced of our sincerity, our requests of Him might be granted. In spite of all our adult sophistication, when we think now about praying, we may do so with the same underlying ...

14 januari

"No one can save us from the work our soul would have us do. Trouble comes when we try to avoid or postpone that work."

Niemand kan ons behoeden voor het werk dat onze ziel ons te doen geeft. Problemen ontstaan als we proberen dat werk te vermijden of uit te stellen.

13 januari "You cannot apply self-help to a problem from which the self that's trying to provide the help still suffers. What is needed is spiritual help rather than self-help, an invocation of God's will rather than further indulgence in self-will." Je kunt geen zelfhulp toepassen op een ...

12 januari

"Pain is our wisest teacher knocking at our door."

Pijn is onze wijste leraar die aan onze deur klopt.

11 januari "It is an act of irresponsible self-indulgence to cite our childhood histories as excuses for any of our present behaviors, attitudes, or qualities that are less than healthy. The difficult circumstances and unhappy effects of those childhood years provide clues to the very condition...

10 januari

"None of us has invented a new variety of horrible secret or terrible loss. The secrets we keep keep us from recovering."

Niemand van ons heeft een nieuw soort vreselijk geheim of vreselijk verlies uitgevonden. De dingen die we geheim houden weerhouden ons ervan te herstellen.

9 januari "If we want to stop loving too much, first we change how we act, then how we think, and finally how we feel. If we wait until we feel differently before we behave differently, we will never change, never recover." Als we willen stoppen met te zeer liefhebben, veranderen we eerst ...