Whatever our circumstances, we created them. We didn't choose them in order to suffer. We chose them to learn how to and how not to relate to our life situations. Unfortunately, many people who are raised with a dysfunctional parent turn around and enact the same behavior patterns when they're an adult, rather than learn from example that these negative patterns are self destructive. In identifying the patterns, we can release them and create new patterns of self-worth.- Betty Bethards, "Seven Steps To Developing Your Intuitive Powers" @amazon.com