All in Relationships
During my second module, studying Transactional Analysis at TA Works with Rosemary Napper, I learnt about Strokes. This newly acquired knowledge gave me so much insight into the way we conduct our relationships with others and with ourselves.
β No wayβ said the lady incredulously, βShe canβt be your daughter!β
βYes, she is,β insisted my stepmother, looking a bit uncomfortable.
βThen why is she abdeh and you are not?β retorted the lady smugly.
Abdeh is an Arabic word that literally means a slave. It is the word that ignorantly was and perhaps still is sometimes used to mean black.