Here’s Susie’s true confession and insights that may help you when you feel disappointed with others and you’re not getting your needs met…
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Someone very close to me had been going through one of life’s big transitions and she didn’t seem to want my help!
I’d offered many times and in many ways…
But she said, “Thanks I’ll tell you if I need help.”
Ouch!
Didn’t she know that I’m a coach and that’s what I do–help people often during transitions!
Now on the surface, this doesn’t look like it has anything to do with MY needs…
Except when I really stop regurgitating my thinking that she “should” appreciate me and take me up on my offers…
And look more deeply into where these offers were coming from…
I could see how hungry I was to help her and to show her my love IN THE WAY THAT I WANTED.
Did you get that?
“In the way that I wanted” and not what was best for her going through this transition.
And I’m certainly not alone in this because most of us look outside ourselves to get our needs met without even realizing that we’re doing it!
We tell ourselves something like this…
—“If this person would just say this or act in this way, I’d be happy, feel loved and life would be so much better.”
Or…
—“If these circumstances would change, I’d have what I want and need.”
Even if, like me, you’ve spent many years “working on yourself” and KNOW that your happiness is an inside job and not someone else’s job…
What do you do with those nagging needs that pop up and seem to dominate your thinking?
Here’s some of what I’ve realized in looking at this “needy” situation that may help you as well…
–Taking a step back out of the story helps you see more clearly
When I stopped focusing on the reasons I’d made up about why she didn’t want my help…
I could see that I didn’t really know.
There can be all sorts of reasons and I don’t have to know them to be okay.
When I stopped with the “shoulds”…
That she should accept my help…
And also that love between us “should” look a certain way…
I could see how I’d made it all up and that I didn’t have to stay stuck in lack or feeling bad.
–When you stop trying to ignore or push down the fear that’s underneath what you think you need and the thought that it’s not happening, it changes by itself
When I’ve actually allowed the emotion to be seen by me without pushing it down or denying it, it always passes through me.
It’s not something I have to hang onto or have to keep reliving the thoughts that created the emotion.
I just feel a sense of relief and it’s possible for you as well.
–The neediness seems to dissolve when you see that love is always there
When I remember that I am love and I am loved and truly know that deep inside…
There is no lack.
People don’t have to change to make me happy.
They are free to do what calls them to do.
And I can still have clear boundaries but these come from love and not fear.
I can live with more ease and peace instead of anxiety that I create for myself.