While not having a father can be harmful to women, there are certainly many other reasons why we as women do not love ourselves. It matters not how you arrived at this desolate place, but rather how you move through it and on to your own Love Story.
I have come to tell the truth which has freed me to love. In my E-book, "The Revival of a Love Story", I share the lessons learned and concepts that I have come to embrace concerning love over the years. And there is "The Papilio Effect Concept" that I teach which is the very foundation for my Love Story Experience.
My story does not have a fairy tale ending in which I find my father and we have a great loving relationship. In fact, it is just the opposite. I do not have a wonderful relationship with my father and perhaps never will, because he is still unavailable, but what I do have is forgiveness. Forgiveness is a powerful thing, a liberator of the soul!! I have a loving step-father who has consistently been there for me in every capacity possible. I am now married to a wonderful new husband and living a life full of love, peace and joy. You see folks, I found love... inside myself and it was there all along. At times I am still challenged by my old limiting beliefs, but when that happens I simply shift my thoughts and remind myself to love again!! Oh my what an amazing journey this has become.
It is my hope that our “Fatherless Daughter Initiative” will become a place of inspiration, celebration and transformation as we examine the truths about Fatherless Daughters. It is our hope that we can shed light and give insight to an issue that is taking this nation by storm, yet continues to remain ignored.
We want to encourage fathers and their daughters to share their Heart Secrets, dare them to tell the truth, to forgive and maybe even heal. This could actually open their lives to amazing new possibilities. We must do this for all the women, for the men who could not or did not love them and for my daughter. I believe love is who you are and not what you do. Not only is it possible to create your own love story, it is also inevitable!
One Love,
Angela Carr Patterson
About Fatherless Daughters
- Let's Share Now!
- A Fatherless Daughter is a female who grew up with an unavailable father due to divorce, death, abandonment or a dad's inability to show his daughter the kind of love and validation needed as a young girl. Her dad may have been unavailable due to being a work alcoholic, , drug and alcohol addiction or he simply lacked the ability to form any close emotional bond or could not show love. Whatever the reason for his absence, the life of that daughter will be impacted on many levels especially in two specific areas...love and money. When a father makes it clear to his daughter that he loves her unconditionally, just for who she is, he lays the foundation for her healthy self perception. When he shows approval for how she looks and what she does, he validates her existence. When he makes her feel that she can depend on those who love her to meet her needs, she feels secure. If these things do not exist in a girl's life as she approaches womanhood, she begins to judge her life's success based on the money she earns and love she finds. If she struggles in these areas, she begins to feel unwanted, unsafe, insecure and rejected. There begins the "Making of a Fatherless Daughter."
0 comments:
Post a Comment