“Until we can receive with an open heart, we’re never really giving with an open heart. When we attach judgment to receiving help, we knowingly or unknowingly attach judgment to giving help.”
―Brené Brown
What help would you welcome today?
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Once again I use as an example of my relationship to my mother during a special time in our lives. As she aged, I was one of her caregivers. We were compatible but once in a while she would mention that I was taking time to do special care for her and wondered if I should be doing it. I talked with her about “being independent versus being interdependent”. To me our relationship was reciprocal. I was still working and there were times when I needed someone to just listen to me about the good or bad events that has happened during my work day. I in turn could help her with necessary things that she needed help with. I truly felt that we were helping each other and that exhibited an interdependence between us. I try to do this with others when I can; I think that if we realize how that can benefit each ( or all) of us, life would be a lot more comfortable for us.