tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6601826374403440725.post-1186542583589756032008-08-15T21:51:00.000-04:002008-08-15T21:51:00.000-04:002008-08-15T21:51:00.000-04:00Thank you so much. I just had to sit and cry a little when I read this. It is exactly like me. I have felt like a door mat my whole life -- always living for others -- trying to please others. How do I stand up for me -- and be who I want to be? It seems like my whole life's successes have been because I needed someone - I had to please that particular person - say things just a certain way - because they held my future in their hands - or so it seems. I don't know -- not sure how to break out of this rut. And I'm a single mom -- trying to teach my boys how to be independent and "say what you mean and mean what you say", and "say like it is" -- and all that!! I wish I could be as strong as I am trying to teach them to be.Angelanoreply@blogger.com