Taken for Granted
Definition
Always expected to be available to serve in some way, without thanks or recognition; to be valued too lightly.
Practical Tips
- Know that it is your responsibility to free yourself from Being Taken for Granted.
- Express how you feel (use Shelley’s Script), have the vision of how you WANT to be treated in its place.
- Stop doing the expected and see what happens.
Beliefs and Affirmations
When I inspect the Values of others, I can understand why I am being taken for granted and respond accordingly.
Rules
(How to make it very HARD to feel the negative emotion)
The only time I will allow myself to feel…………..as if I am being Taken For Granted, is when I don’t appreciate the important part I play in my children’s lives.
Example Challenges
I’m tired, I seem to do everything around the house. We need to share the work load. (DC040)
People who think that because I’m a woman, I will make tea, wash up and hoover. (DC055)
DC110 I seem to do everything for everybody else and nothing for myself.
Quotes
“Love doesn’t demand to be loved back, but it doesn’t exist to be taken for granted.”
– Anon
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