Paradoxically, an overwhelming desire to please is rooted in an addictive quest for control – by pleasing others we are better able to manipulate them, albeit unconsciously. Believing that we need to control our bodies, families and jobs if we are to avoid annihilation is a dangerous illusion. It leaves us split between head and body, intellect and emotion, fantasy and reality. We cannot reconcile our yearning to be perfect and god-like with the reality of being human and fallible. We mistakenly believe that the inner judgmental voices will shut up if only we can achieve our goals. Life turns into a prison from which we seek to escape by gaining yet more control and by becoming supposedly more perfect. As we misguidedly run as fast as we can towards the mirage of perfection, we eventually meet our own starving and abandoned self. ~ Marion Woodman Art: Harumi Hironaka #BetterBeliefs #LiveYourDream #PrevailWorldwide #selflove $MindShift https://www.instagram.com/p/CRAs_posCZG/?utm_medium=tumblr