Mark Phillips' Pages: Workbook: 9/21/07: Frustration, anger, hurtfulness, regret, guilt.

Jacob Lawrence, "The Lovers," 1946 — Jacob Lawrence, *The Lovers* (1946)

September 21, 2007:

Frustration, anger, hurtfulness, regret, guilt.

This arc has nothing to do with anyone's addiction. Nothing to do with anyone in particular, really.

It's a kind of graph of the standard setbacks that impede every relationship. Results of the standard hurdles: insecurity, selfishness, immaturity, lack of perspective, lack of skills.

I don't know how to do better than this. I'm insecure, selfish, immature, blinkered, and unskilled.