Now, from what my youngest sister said, it sounds like our mom (who I'm NC with) is angelfying her. I'm afraid for her, because I've been there. When you're on a pedestal the only direction to move is down, and she expressed that great fear of disappointing mom. I know there's nothing I can do for her but let her know I'm here when she needs me.
This may sound lame, idk... .
Currently I focus on "Allowing" things.
Keeps me from getting over invested in the outcome.
Often I have a tendency to... .
feel responsible
Want to fix
Want to solve stuff
Over 40 now, feeling a bit old (sorry others older, just do feel old)
And realizing, in all the times I tried to make an outcome
Impose myself in the guise of helping
Martyr myself in some way
I have to say... .
Really never made too much of a difference in the eventual outcome other than I found myself distracted from myself. Found myself frustrated and more wanting something than even the person I was supposedly helping.
Kinda realized,
while it appeared selfless,
really is not,
really was serving me in some way,
that something I was distracted from needed my attention more than my distraction object did.
So this idea of
Allowing I ponder
Instead of trying to work myself into a participant for a solution to someone else's problem that I identified for them unbeknownst to them... .
I am working towards expressing options and realities I see and just allowing them to exist. Watch them. See if anyone looks to gather and pick them up... .Or do they turn away.
Meaning, I try to find a way
A non noxious way
To express options
And just leave it alone
Then watch if something may become of it
If someone will engage about it or such
Hope something is relatable in the odd ramblins
All I know
Is existing the way I am
Allowing that
And allowing others to exist how they are
Seems more healing than when I try to alter things for some concept of a greater good.