i see it like this. there is a child to your right. that child is you. that is your child. & there is a person to your left. this may be a person you love. this may be a temptation or habit you have. but see, this person to your left is calling your name, demanding your attention
they’re drawing you into toxic cycles and forcing you to make decisions. they’re calling your name and tempting you to move to their path. but you have the choice. you can walk with them, but then you turn away from and leave the child there.
by turning away, you teach yourself something. you teach that child something. what is it your teaching that child? for me, i once sacrificed my inner child.. my inner happiness so that i could try and fix the person on the left. and so i left myself
and in that moment i taught myself that i couldn’t trust myself to make the right decision. i couldn’t choose self bc i chose them. i walked away from self so i made the child mad and i realized..i had to forgive myself. when i slacked on my standards.. i forgot that child
was watching.. so now she’s hurt.. she feels betrayed. and everything she felt came right back to me. bc i am my inner child. and so i have to act in a way that teaches my inner child the things others didn’t teach me... like to choose self. and let people fix themselves
and stick by my standards... and love healthily. all that. everytime we act, we have to remember what we are teaching our inner child and ask ourselves if thats a habit we want to teach our child.
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