paravanes:meditations

Are you leaving someone or something behind in 2014? Release with love. When you release with love, you no longer look back with frustration, regret, or resentment. You no longer ask these questions: "why did they do that?", "what were they thinking?", or "how can I get even", or "God, how could you allow that?" When you release with love, you no longer need explanations. When you release with love, you accept others as you accept yourself: imperfect, but striving; flawed, but still seeking; wounded, but still alive and growing. Perhaps this is what Jesus meant when He taught His followers to "turn the other cheek": release with love, go in a new direction, and trust Me to make it work out. You can easily become the thing you fight. So do not fight unless you seek to become like your opponent. Instead of fighting, pray, plan, speak, and act. Release with love.

Failure. Loss. Short end of the stick. Fruitless endeavor. Heartbreaking. Hurt. Pain. These are some of the thoughts and emotions associated with parental alienation . Gather those feelings and multiply them by ten or twenty. You will then know how it feels to accept a “failed reunion” with your child after having battled parental alienation. If you are looking for a formula to help you determine if your reunion with your child has failed, I have no formula to offer you. Only you know when to declare the reunion a failure. Some parents may refuse to ever declare the reunion a failure. These parents may accept mistreatment, financial and other types of abuse, or visible disrespect for an indefinite period of time. They have convinced themselves if they tolerate whatever happens in the relationship with their child, a reunion of sorts has occurred and healing is underway I don’t think that is a very healthy perspective. I have some personal experience with reun...