Dear Anita,

We have an inborn need to be good people, to help others, to  cooperate with others for the benefit of all.

Great point, as when I am short, angry, etc with someone, or not my innate empathetic self for a period of time, it is not that I feel guilty, it is that I intrinsically feel wrong and bad.  It simply doesn’t sit right. Now I do not believe all people operate this way, but for my journey and this conversation – that is irrelevant.  What makes CC feel good, what makes her feel authentic?

Brainstorm activity:

The ways that I harm myself:

• over-reaching to others
  • this is harmful to myself because it takes away from what I need in the moment, and simply jumps to what the other person needs
  • it is harmful because it often distracts me from “sitting with myself” and what I am going through, and simply distracting by someone else’s world
  • it is much more important to first process what is in my own head and heart