Healthy Detachment
Learning to detach from everything but God and myself is an interesting process. I'm still not very good at it.
I think a lot of people hear the word "detach" and assume a negative connotation - like I'm learning how to not care about anything. And to a degree, that's true.
I'm learning how to stop basing my happiness in everything but myself and God. Yes, my happiness will still be somewhat tied to the people and events in my life, but it won't be fully dependent on those things.
I'm learning how to be happy, no matter where I am, what is happening, or who is in my life.
Codependent Me still clings to old habits, old ways of thinking, old behaviors. There is a sense of comfort and security there.
But Strong Me knows that something is missing. I feel empty when I cling to those things now. I know something is missing. I know it, in my soul, because I have tasted the experience of detaching from everything and attaching only to God and myself.
That experience is powerful. I want that all the time. That's what I'm working toward. That's what I really want.
That doesn't mean there's no room for other people in my life. It just means I'm not dependent on people the way I used to be. It means I can be happy being my true self, being close to God, whether people like it or not.
I think a lot of people hear the word "detach" and assume a negative connotation - like I'm learning how to not care about anything. And to a degree, that's true.
I'm learning how to stop basing my happiness in everything but myself and God. Yes, my happiness will still be somewhat tied to the people and events in my life, but it won't be fully dependent on those things.
I'm learning how to be happy, no matter where I am, what is happening, or who is in my life.
Codependent Me still clings to old habits, old ways of thinking, old behaviors. There is a sense of comfort and security there.
But Strong Me knows that something is missing. I feel empty when I cling to those things now. I know something is missing. I know it, in my soul, because I have tasted the experience of detaching from everything and attaching only to God and myself.
That experience is powerful. I want that all the time. That's what I'm working toward. That's what I really want.
That doesn't mean there's no room for other people in my life. It just means I'm not dependent on people the way I used to be. It means I can be happy being my true self, being close to God, whether people like it or not.
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