Cloning is Inevitable

When you find yourself, you’re far more able to give yourself away. Others have said it this way, ”You have to love yourself before you can love other people.”

I’ve heard well-meaning people misconstrue that to sound like pride, as if it is instructing you to meet your own needs before you meet the needs of others—or to be self-absorbed with only an occasional thought to others. Hogwash.

It simply means that we all follow the same inevitable rule: You pass on what you are.

Hurting people reliably hurt other people whether they mean to or not. Whole and truly happy people can’t help but pass on wholeness, healing, and joy to other people.

The most selfless thing you can do is to come to peace with yourself. That’s a vague way of saying that ya gotta unload your junk if you’re gonna get anywhere.

Do the hard work. Make peace with your past. Get those relationships mended. Forgive. Be forgiven.

The saddest, most hurting people I know are the ones who won’t admit it even though everyone else sees how emotionally stunted they are.

They consistently make poor decisions. They can’t seem to relate to people. They hide behind all sorts of facades. They numb the pain in all sorts of addictions. They pretend, withdraw, fail, wound, drive, and end up empty—with a trail of broken relationships behind them.

Have you found inner peace yet?