Meet Me in the Mojave
I woke up this morning thinking about Codependency. I always thought this was a psychological term for weak people who couldn't survive life without the sources or energies of another person (or even people - a clique). I was not wrong. But, I wasn't completely right either. Are you the helper? The people pleaser? Chronically pouring out your light and energy for basically useless bullshit? If you find yourself always being the therapist, the life jacket, the safety net, the bright and shining light (EVEN with greatest of intentions of the illusion of helping "save" someone from a cesspool of hurt) -- CONGRATS you are CODEPENDENT! In a codependent relationship there is the (for lack of better way to describe) - alpha and the beta. The beta is the empty vessel who traded their light for the comforts of hell. And, the alpha is the fire, the light, the medicine - with great intentions of saving the beta from hell fire. But h...