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I’m back!!! I hope that you had a “wonderful” weekend with whatever “wonderful” looks and feels like to you.
Over the weekend, I read an article about a therapist, who is transgender herself, who is concerned that young children and teens are making the choice to change their gender, too early, and not as thoughtfully and carefully as she thinks is healthy, having done the change herself. She is concerned that “transgender” is currently becoming a little “trendy”. She said that constantly she says to her patients, “When in doubt, doubt.“
I like that statement: “When in doubt, doubt.” It’s a good reminder to get quiet and listen to that still small voice inside that speaks to us, if we are willing to hear it. When in you are in a quandary, doing nothing is doing something, and doing nothing might be the wisest choice for the moment in question. Trust yourself. Trust your instincts. Trust that still small voice.
Are you passing on love or are you passing on pain? Heal your pain and pass on love.
Kelly,
I love that quote.
Because when you doubt, you know something is not quite right, you may not be able to verbalize it at the time, just taking that pause, it in fact, will help you to find out and be able to verbalize it (or not), but it will enable you to see it in such a light that you can deal with it more rationally.
Not many things in this country you can do before the age of 18, this should be one of them. I think that some parents need to reconsider the essence of youth, and that it is to be of innocence, questioning, wonder, and figuring out the true gifts and uniqueness of the person you are to become and the life you are going to live. And that continues for the rest of your life. Thank goodness it does!
Amen, Joan!
A voice of reason in a delicate situation! I love that quote. Being 18 before it is legal to start the process makes total sense. Thanks for sharing this article.
Thanks, Debbie!