Remember summer vacation as a kid? School's out and you see nothing but weeks of freedom, sunshine and sandy food ahead... SIGH! Now that you're an adult, it can feel like a chore, more than a thrill, to prepare for a trip.
In the video clip below, Amy is having a hard time seeing how there could be any association between feeling loved and being grouchy when the family is leaving on vacation. What does love have to do with packing a car for a trip, right?
When we don't have enough Real Love in our lives, that is
the worst wound in life. Without enough Real Love, we walk around wounded and in pain all the time. In that condition, it takes virtually nothing to push us over the edge and make life intolerable. When people are angry, withdrawn, acting like victims, and so on in response to a single behavior from you, they are like someone who is badly sunburned, and you just bumped them.
