“Am I Too Much for You?”
Do you ever wonder
if you’re too much for those you love? Do you ever worry that you will burden
them? Do you ever feel that your loved ones already have enough on their plate
to be concerned about your upsets? These are probably feelings that we all have
from time to time. We feel it is better to hold in our upset feelings rather
than take a chance that we might further burden our friends or partner.
Two women friends
came to a workshop of ours. These two single women had been best friends for a
long time and really seemed more like twin sisters than friends. They cared and
loved each other very much. Because they each held very responsible jobs many
miles from each other, they only saw one another several times a year. But they
talked on the phone every day, sometimes for just a few minutes. They also
worried about one another. They worried that the current boy friend was not the
right one. They worried that the other was working too hard or not in good
enough health. Their relationship to one
another was very touching to the rest of us in the workshop.