If you phone a psychic and she doesn't answer the phone before it rings, hang up.
I'm not sure if the shameguilt distinction resonates for me. I just know that shame is a debilitating emotion that is perpetuated by Church and State.
My reluctance to enter any relationship with men has been affected by the fact that many Aboriginal men are very wounded and are not able to be in a healthy relationship due to historical damage and with non-Native men because I no longer want to educate them about Indigenous Issues. I'm tired of being the educator or nurse.
I am aware that I am extremely fortunate that I was born to parents who had the personal resources to raise me in a relatively safe environment and that I have some social supports that keep me from the streets. I'm aware that I could easily be in their stead, but there by the grace of luck go I.
Fox [News] is far and away the extreme example. They'll have a known holocaust denier debating a holocaust survivor.
It's easier to beg forgiveness than ask permission.
Focus on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
You beat your Pate, and fancy Wit will come: Knock as you please, there's no body at home.