This weekend it came to my attention that my stepchildren don't like me. I'm not the only stepfather that has had that revelation come to them, but it was a punch in the gut anyway. The questions came, of course. What have I done? What could I have done better? Why do I work so hard to be a good role model if they don't care. Then again, as I remember, I wasn't very fond of my own stepfather for various reasons, some imagined I'm sure and some legitimate, as well. But I thought I had learned those hard lessons and tried not to repeat what I considered his shortcomings.
The old, unenlightened Tim would have confronted them with the information right away and demanded an explanation or given them the silent treatment: "Fine, if that's the way you guys want it." Even now there are two ways this could play out: I could retreat and deal with them on a minimal basis or I could stay steadfast in my positivity and have faith that God and His universal Law of Attraction will bring this to a positive outcome. I'm choosing the latter by manifesting specific positive events and emotions.
Part one of the manifesting is being grateful that I have grown past the person I used to be. If they don't like me now, they would hate that guy.
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