There was once a mother who felt rejected
when her children grew up and needed to
separate from her. She felt hurt when they
pushed her away and no longer wanted all the
love and caring that she wanted to give them.
She thought, What's wrong with me?
Encouraged by her friends, she began
to ask herself another question:
What's right with me?
The more answers she found to that question,
the better she liked herself.
The better she liked herself, the more she
was able to see her children's need to
separate from her as their own natural and
healthy urge for independence, and not the
result of her shortcomings.
Our good points may seem undesirable to
others, but that's not our fault. Sometimes,
too much of a good thing can be
inappropriate, but that doesn't make it bad
