Mindset - Love Limitation #1 · The Keptie Academy

Mindset - Love Limitation #1

Over the next 10 days, I am going to openly discuss and process my limitations around love because I know that, for me, I do not like being vulnerable or feeling exposed. Therefore, I am choosing to take this leap of faith.

(I also used ChatGPT to help me identify some of my limitations because I know we sometimes cannot see our own blind spots.)

Love Limitation #1: Love Must Feel Earned

Growing up, my other siblings got in trouble all the time. I do not recall saying this myself, but one of the family stories is that I went to my mother crying, trying to figure out why I did not get in trouble like everyone else. At that time, my mother attempted to explain to me that I was not supposed to get in trouble, but my other siblings received more of her attention.

As an adult, I understand it. She had to place her attention where it was “needed.” But as a child, I responded by making sure I stayed in honor classes, kept my room clean, and became a “pick me.” It taught me how to over-function before I fully learned how to receive.

The good thing now is that I have not been over-functioning in my current relationship for about a month. I am in a season where I was finally able to receive one of the love lessons Dionna taught me, and it genuinely changed my life.

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