The more we learn to love and respect ourselves, the more we will become attracted to people who will love and respect us and who we can safely love and respect. This is a slow process.

We do not have to act in haste; we do not have to punish others to get control over our feelings.

The most important trust issue we face is learning to trust ourselves.

Sometimes, to gain a sense of control, we may punish the people around us, whether they are people we blame for these feelings or innocent bystanders.

residue of yesterday.

We can learn to own our power with difficult people.

surrender to them, feel them, and go on.

loved.

The more we overcome our need to be excessive caretakers, the less we will find ourselves attracted to people who need to be constantly taken care of.