“The process of conducting an adoption search requires resilience to conquer adversity, perseverance to overcome injustice, and persistence to achieve your goal.” –Judith Land
Reunions with biologically related individuals have the potential to enhance the lives of everyone concerned, even when continuing relationships with family members are not sustainable. Reunions help many adoptees gain a more cohesive identity. Being able to recognize some aspects of themselves in members of their birth family, to know someone they look like, with similar personality characteristics, talents, and intellect, are intriguing to them. For many adoptees the search for self-identity results in feelings of more self-confidence, of being healed, and more at peace, which may be as important as the search for parents.
Highly successful individuals worldwide exhibit many of the same personal attributes that produce winning results in every profession. Adoptees hoping to reunite with biological family members must concentrate on developing many of the same positive attributes. Ambition helps define goals and formulate plans. Vision defines the way to the destination. Confidence is needed to master techniques that assure success. Risk taking assures the highest reward for the lowest risk. Drive and Energy increase momentum and sustain performance. Self-criticism leads to self-improvement and remove errors. Mission is the hardheaded plan founded on realistic facts. Looking Ahead helps to stay focused on future goals and opportunities.
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