When anything didn’t work out perfectly, Janice felt guilty and apologized for causing the problem. She apologized a lot. And when she wished she could do something for herself she felt guilty about that too.
She barely remembered that once she was sure she caused her parents’ divorce. It happened when she was in kindergarten, and she “knew” that they were yelling at each other because of the note from her teacher. Rational? Of course not! But she believed it.
From then on, she tried hard to be good because she was afraid of causing more problems. Being good meant following rules, getting good grades, graduating, getting a good job and marrying a nice young man. Being good was such a habit that she almost always deferred to what others wanted.
Janice isn’t alone. Kids adopt completely irrational beliefs when they are faced with things they don’t understand. If you did that you know that those beliefs persist, even when you know they don’t make any sense at all. And they shape your life.
It seems almost miraculous that saying 3 sentences about “this belief that I am guilty of…” can suddenly let you dissolve that belief. I did not believe it was possible until I saw it happen again and again.
That’s why I learned more about Logosynthesis, the process that uses these sentences, and eventually wrote “Letting It Go” to share that information. Get your copy and try it yourself.
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