Comments on: 1. Day 13: Loving Circle of Care https://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/1-day-13-loving-circle-of-care/ Thu, 01 May 2014 15:29:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.9 By: Eva Lisle https://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/1-day-13-loving-circle-of-care/#comment-80 Thu, 01 May 2014 15:29:13 +0000 http://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/?p=409#comment-80 In reply to Jill.

Thanks for comment Jill. I have a feeling “other people’s needs” might have been one of the earliest candidate for substance abuse.

]]> By: Eva Lisle https://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/1-day-13-loving-circle-of-care/#comment-77 Thu, 01 May 2014 15:24:57 +0000 http://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/?p=409#comment-77 In reply to Andrea Boyd.

Dear Andrea, I am so happy you are remembering your own preciousness! Extending love kind of sneaks in everywhere becase we ARE LOVE! Thanks for sharing your wonderful comments:D

]]> By: Andrea Boyd https://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/1-day-13-loving-circle-of-care/#comment-26 Mon, 14 Apr 2014 21:13:21 +0000 http://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/?p=409#comment-26 Since Jeremy was born in 2007, people have been telling me that I need to take time for Me, and that the surest way to be the best mom and wife is to remember to take care of me. Even my husband was encouraging me to do this. I actually ignored this advice for a long time, long enough to make me become a person I really never wanted to be, because the mom gene kicked in and told my brain otherwise… I was stressed, short tempered (sometimes!), tired, and just in constant “go” mode. I reached a point, just a couple years ago, that I realized I couldn’t do that anymore and I decided that it really is ok to put me first sometimes. WOW what a difference it makes! The old adage that say you cannot take care of anyone else unless you take care of yourself is totally true.

Eva, on another note, so much of my new way of thinking has been in many ways subliminal, or even via osmosis!, just by being around you and in your home for these few years… I’ve adopted the Extend Love philosophy at a more conscious level, and am applying it towards the way I raise my kids and treat my husband. Life is wonderful…

]]> By: Jill https://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/1-day-13-loving-circle-of-care/#comment-21 Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:08:54 +0000 http://www.twelvemonthselflove.com/?p=409#comment-21 Wow! Spot on for me! If you are familiar with the Enneagram “2” energy, (which is my fixation) then it becomes clear that “other people’s needs” have been like a black hole or addiction that sucks us in, and may cause martyrdom, resentment, etc.
Your post today is a delicious tonic for that ailment.
Let me see other’s needs as a call for love that does not obligate me to save or fix or fulfill their perceived need.
I can be guilt-free as I extend love to myself as I perceive and/or misperceive unfulfilled needs in the “world” (which just may be a projection of unconscious needs of mine to be loved back).
Great job, Dear Sister!!
Blessings and Love,
Jill

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