About Fatherless Daughters

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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."

Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Are You Really Happy?

Are you really happy with your life? Do you wake up each morning ready to live your life with joy, happiness and love? Are you days filled with laughter and pure bliss? Most people that I meet would answer “no” to these questions.

But it doesn’t have to be this way. Life can be joyous and happy for us when we are able to answer three critical and important questions. These questions are: Who am I? Why am I here? What am I here to do?

When the answers to these questions become the most important and central reality of your life, every choice you make and everything you think and do will reflect that reality.

True satisfaction with life will only come when we discover the authentic core of who we really are and what we are placed on the planet to do. When we are aligned with the who, the what and the why God created us, our joy then becomes filled. When that happens, we will be able to say with a loud shout...I am really and truly happy today!!

What choice can you make today that would be truly consistent with who you are and make your life a joy to live?

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