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Topic: Letter to the Old Self
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Beverly
MO
Member Since:
05/31/2005 Total Posts: 1313
4.0 Years Ago
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Following is an excerpt from an email I received and I thought the concept was interesting. I'll be writing my own letter to keep handy and in sight, probably in a few places as I'll never know when I'll need it.
Copied from an email sent 8/3/06 by: Sparkpeople Community Highlight
SUBJECT: Writing a letter to the old me POSTER: PCGDAWG
Well it's been about a month and a half since we parted ways. You know, the longer I walk away from you the less I act like you. Sometimes, in a moment of weakness though, when life seems unfair, I can almost feel your shadow stop as I walk by the refrigerator. I know you'd like to open it and try to find something cheesy and greasy like a slice of pizza, but you know that there's none of those things in there anymore. You know what else I've found out since you and I separated? I'm beginning to notice that it's increasingly easier to get up and down out of chairs, my feet and legs don't hurt as bad, and I can breathe better. People I meet who don't understand what it was like to be you and think I miss you, but I really don't. I will say that it's different, but it's a different I like more and more everyday.... Since I don't have you around to feed, I am actually looking forward to tomorrow. I almost forgot what that felt like, but now that I remember I'm going to turn in so I will feel like getting plenty of work and exercise done tomorrow.
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Re: Letter to the Old Self
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Stephanie
VA
Member Since:
04/09/2006 Total Posts: 60
4.0 Years Ago
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How wonderful an idea is that...just might have to do it - AND post it on the fridge!! |
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Re: Letter to the Old Self
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Chansonette
CA
Member Since:
01/05/2006 Total Posts: 315
4.0 Years Ago
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You know...I hate to say it...but the person who wrote that seems to have a hate relationship with his "old" self, rather than a compassionate one. My guess is it will backfire. The wounded part of us that tries to comfort itself with WHATEVER it thinks will work does not deserve to be amputated and reviled. He/she deserves to be loved, defended, and healed. And that doesn't mean perpetuating his/her habits...but in terms of the core person...every part of us is there for a reason and every part of us is the apple of god's eye, overeater or not. And every part of us that needs to participate in compulsive behaviors is doing that as a coping/survival mechanism, which, in most cases, is no longer needed.
So if I were that sparkpeople poster, I'd hope that I arrived at a place where I could say to my old self: "Thank you for doing your best to protect me from the dangers you remembered were there but I no longer see. Take my hand. Let's learn something new. And you come with me, beloved, valuable Protector that you were. You're off duty. You can breathe now."
just a counteropinion...
sermon over :)
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Re: Re: Letter to the Old Self
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Beverly
MO
Member Since:
05/31/2005 Total Posts: 1313
4.0 Years Ago
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Insightful, counter-opinion. Yeah, you are right CB. But in that, we can learn and read our own letters with more open eyes. Excellent point, m'dear! |
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