To Honor Another Person

To honor a parent (or anyone) is about identifying and trusting your judgement that there are specific parts to who they are - that you're able to value and respect - even when there are other aspects to their personality that you don't like; that have hurt you or that you'll never be able to feel good about.

But to be able to see someone from this perspective requires that you look at things with objectivity - in other words, without a lot of strong emotions where you second-guess your take on the history of that relationship and maybe do a lot of blaming - of that other person in your life or of yourself for how you've handled things with that person.

Maybe to honor a parent requires a degree of insight and understanding and then sometimes a degree of forgiveness - when you're ready and emotionally able to take that step.

(Just something to think about)    www.drcwelch.com