The “What’s Wrong

with Me?” Syndrome

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A good, healthy self-examination is probably a great place to begin a new relationship. If you don’t know who you are and what you want, you’ll never find that great life’s mate you’ve been looking for.

Here are a few probing questions to ask yourself. You’ll be surprised at what you might learn as you become honest and look inward.

What Is My Relationship with My Family?

Are you closely interrelated to your parents and siblings, or are you ostracized from them?

Your relationship with your mother and father, or both, was the first relationship you had, so it has a bearing on all subsequent ones. It is important to look at the dynamics of those relationships to understand your own expectations of relationships now.

Most of us were brought up in dysfunction. I only know one person who insists she wasn’t. But frankly, I’m tired of hearing everyone blame her parents for her life. It’s clear to me: All of life leads us to our lessons.

I personally believe that we choose exactly who we are, where we are, and who we do it with—-maybe even before we arrive on earth.

I believe that when you and your parents transcend this body, you’ll say to each other, “You played your part well!” There was a divine casting agent placing just the right people in your life to teach you exactly what you need to know.

Remember: Every protagonist needs a good antagonist to give her story spark and interest.