OUR HOPES AND DREAMS DO NOT STAY IN US. RIGHTLY OR WRONGLY, WE PROJECT THEM ONTO OTHERS, AND ONTO REALITY. charlestadros 5 years ago Charles Tadros, M.D. July 16, 2021 Saint Louis, Missouri Share this: Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook More Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn “I AM DISAPPOINTED IN YOU.” SHOULD BE STRICKEN FROM OUR VOCABULARY. YOUR HOPES, BELIEFS, DREAMS AND EXPECTATIONS OF THAT PERSON HAVE NOT BEEN MET. YOUR UNCONDITIONAL LOVE IS WHAT TRULY MATTERS. SAY THIS, SHOW THIS, BELIEVE THIS. THEN, WITNESS THE TRANSFORMATION IN YOU AND IN THE OTHER.DateJune 23, 2021In relation todisappointOTHER PEOPLE HAVE LIVES, SCHEDULES, HOPES, DREAMS, GOALS, AND TRAUMAS WITH OR WITHOUT US ( before they had met us, after we leave them, or after they leave us). WE ARE SO VERY IMPORTANT IN THEIR LIVES, BUT WE DO NOT TOTALLY FILL THEIR LIVES.DateNovember 20, 2021In relation tocenter of attentionONE OF THE TECHNIQUES, THAT HAS WORKED WELL FOR ME, AS A PHYSICIAN, WHEN COUNSELING PEOPLE WHO ARE STUCK IN THEIR LIVES, IS TO ASK, “WHAT DID YOU WANT TO DO/WANT TO BE, WHEN YOU WERE BETWEEN AGES 11 TO 16?”. THESE ARE THE YEARS WHEN WE CAN THINK ABSTRACTLY, AS WELL AS DREAM BIG, BUT NOT BE RESTRICTED BY THE MANY SELF-COMPARISONS TO OTHERS AND THE MANY WORRIES ABOUT THE PRACTICAL NEEDS OF MAKING A LIVING. THESE CHILDHOOD DREAMS ARE STARTER SEEDS TO REASSESS WHERE WE ARE, WHERE WE ARE GOING AND WHERE WE WANT TO BEIN OUR ADULT LIVES.DateAugust 17, 2021In relation tochildhood