We could
avoid being ashamed of our German origins only by not taking them seriously.
Not exact matches
Daymond says that
being broke
is nothing to
be ashamed of; it isn't a flaw or a drawback or something to
be avoided.
Even though he
is not
ashamed of whom he
is, he has chosen to remain anonymous to
avoid embarrassing family members who
are still evolving on these issues.
I
am ashamed of the way I judge those I deem judgmental, the way I stumble through my day without prayer, the way I issue praises to heaven in one breath and curse my brothers in the next, the way I talk a big game about loving others and then brush past the woman crying in the airport, the way cynicism seeps into my bones, the way I zone out in front
of my wireless glowing mirror in a pathetic effort to
avoid confronting it all.
For example, if someone feels
ashamed of being sad, she will
be likely to deny her sorrow in order to
avoid the shame linked to it.
I
am ashamed of the bumper stickers, the t - shirts, the logos, the fog machines, the light shows, the celebrities, and that paralyzing fear
of Silence we
're so bound and determined to
avoid that we keep shouting and shouting and shouting at one another till our words
are just clanging cymbals echoing off church walls.
Even though he
is not
ashamed of who he
is, he has chosen to remain anonymous to
avoid embarrassing family members who
are still evolving on these issues.
Anybody who can
avoid these desperate conditions but chooses not to
is a traitor to their own humanity in my view and should
be thoroughly
ashamed of themselves.
Piggybacking on the last point, it
's not only crucial to
avoid feeling
ashamed of my eating disordered past for my recovery, I want to set a positive example for my future child.
Jade
was so terribly
ashamed of herself that she tried to
avoid going out in public at all costs.
So I
was actually like really hiding and like
ashamed that like secretly I
was like eating all these warming foods and cooking everything and
avoiding all the raw things because
of my digestion.