Britney’s Blog - Reckoning with the Past: Healing from Family Trauma
#Blog #FamilyDynamics #Family #Abuse #Therapy #Acquiescence

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A quotation from La Bruyere, Jean de:

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“One must do as others do”: a suspect maxim, which nearly always means: “one must do wrong” as soon as it is applied to anything beyond those purely external matters which are of no consequence, but depend on custom, fashion or convention.
[«Il faut faire comme les autres»: maxime suspecte, qui signifie presque toujours: «il …
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Full quote, sourcing, notes:
https://wist.info/la-bruyere-jean-de/62464/

#quote #quotes #quotation #acquiescence #conformity

That #surrender does not mean #acquiescence but taking a moment to let others drive our #journey for a bit, just as the ripples of the water guide the leaf to its #destination.

I hope that this spread has meaning for you today and I would love to hear from you whether it’s as a response here or a DM.

#BlessedBe