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thoughts from me to you
Bringing peace
This morning one of the girls who works at the cafe I go to every morning, who's only 17, stopped to tell me that whenever I'm in the cafe, she always feels really calm.That one small act of kindness and courage, that small act of sharing with me, made my day.There is...
Letting go and finding peace
What if we didn't judge?What if we gave up trying to understand or figure out or make sense of stuff?What if we let go of our need to be right, in favour of not knowing?What if we just accepted that we were unable to know, or understand, or judge, because we will...
The miracle
I've been that person. The one stood in line at the grocery store, or waiting to pay for their coffee, fighting back tears that for one inexplicable reason or another have chosen just that moment to burst forth from the wonderful box they had been held in so tightly,...
I do not know what anything is for
⁷I do not know what anything, including this, means. ⁸And so I do not know how to respond to it. ⁹And I will not use my own past learning as the light to guide me now. (https://acim.org/acim/en/s/188#6:7-9 | T-14.XI.6:7-9)If we respond to the world from what we've...
Leaning into rest
Today is my first day back seeing clients after a week's break. It's also a full moon for those who are interested.I aim to take one week off every three months to recharge and reset so I remain my best self for my clients, but life is always unpredictable. This last...
Closed, not locked
Closing a door so you can heal or honour yourself does not mean it has to stay closed forever.I've been reflecting a lot on boundaries this week, and how strong boundaries must also be flexible boundaries. Needing to "close the door" to someone or something because it...
Trying to be a good person
'Trying' to be a good person misses one key fact: there are no good or bad people, just people acting out of integrity with themselves and out of fear. It also implies that there's a right and wrong way to behave, and some how you've been programmed to behave wrongly....
Relationships
I'm on the first weekend of a training for me to learn how to facilitate therapeutic groups. Understandably a big part of this training is around group dynamics and becoming really aware of our own processes and how we all affect each other.Reflecting on this and how...
What would love do?
A Course in Miracles teaches us that the world we see is a reflection of our own inner state. It also teaches that giving and receiving are the same thing, because we are the source of our own experience, so when we give to others we are really giving to ourselves. So...