Peg Streep

It was hard, reading the book till the end. But In spite of the cruel reality, the book gives the right kind of hope: if I stop hoping the mother I had will ever become the mother I needed, I can still hope that I will be able to establish warm and caring relations with others. Babies cannot choose a mother, adults can choose to get love from anyone else in the world. False hopes are not helping, so let them go! Instead, I'll first will need to learn lessons that my mom never thought me, like the fact that I AM worth to be loved.... And another lesson to learn is that letting go the thought that I'm not lovable, will deprive her of the excuse she used for not loving me.... well, and thinking about that any further is putting her in the middle of my attention and energy again - I don't need to do that anymore.
Instead I need to think about me and about what I need to achieve growth in the quest of becoming a loving and beloved member of my world.... Will do!:-)… (mehr)