Merideth
the post was the first page of my course book in T A counselling training.Written by a person far far wiser than I could ever be..

Once absorbed it is a tool for whole life living..we all have patterns we repeat these patterns.Once we acknowledge them we can choose our path.A counsellor is taught how to recognise these patterns first in herself then in any client.
It is hard not to think like this once discovered.even movies books the pattern can be spotted.