Situation # 9

“Oh hindsight, I love you. Especially one time recently, as he only took a few days to do his work. Historically it has taken months to years and a lot of addictive behavior for me to recognize this love in my life. I have quite often experienced his wisdom as shame, instead of mentor, so I definitely tried to drown him out. Nah, I did not completely ignore my weaknesses in the past. I felt their haunting presence, a drum beat of, “Why bother, that stuff never works out when you try it.” So, I reframed the idea of my...