I was mad at my mother. She passed down her judgmental self, her bad habits to me. When working this thought the turnaround hurts- I passed my bad habits to her. During Inquiry I could no longer see where these habits started, and I was reminded of Katie saying that "Fear teaches fear". Could I have taught Mom to act badly? Did I keep the cycle going, one teaching the other...

This book has a drawing of the perfect person and you are invited to compare yourself to that perfection, which results in misery. Comparing- is it practicing kindness? When working a belief such as "I could do better" are we ultimately comparing an imagined self to who we believe we are? Is every 'I' belief a comparison and thus prone to misery? Katies says, "no two people have ever met". Then, have I ever really met myself? Can I meet myself in wonder at the mystery of

"I should know what to do"- the confusion and stress, panic, phobia of this belief- it's quite a lot for anyone, especially a child. When it is turned around to "MY THINKING should know what to do" it relieves having to know what 'I am.' Isn't this one of the greatest mysteries of being human? It's the great "I am that I am" pondering and so on. In the turnaround there is relief from answering the great existential question, which was too much for the little me to bear.

After creating an art piece, how will it be received? Will it be seen or appreciated and will I be acknowledged for my own genius? If it isn't getting the attention I had hoped for, was all of that work worth it? Through Inquiry I can step back from it being all about me and my dreams, and let the art live, have its life. I can release control and even look at the ways that my dream for each creation may not be whats best for either or us. I can land in simply loving it and

A partner or loved one says "I want to do that alone" . If my mind believes that THEY WANT TO DO IT WITHOUT ME, it is prone to start looking at longing for them to include me or want to stay. I feel hurt and rejected, and ultimately so alone. Why did they said that, what did I do wrong, and ultimately wondering if I matter or have value. It's easy to hide or ignore the person, holding resentment. Through Inquiry I begin to open to possibly reasons they may want to go alone,

First- Katie has a saying that if you see a snake in the road, and then realize it is a rope, no matter how much someone tries to tell you that its a snake you KNOW that it is just a piece of rope. today I saw the part of me that believes it is a snake, even if I get very close, touch it, it doesnt matter. It still believes it is a snake. It is terrorized, fearful. For years I have been trying to make that part realized its just a piece of rope. Today that part of me, the t