“I am a rock/ I am an island… and a rock feels no pain/ and and island never cries” Paul Simon Her family of origin is made up of a super critical parent, poverty and bullying. Her first marriage was co-dependent with her fixing him until he got tired of the fixing and left. He […]
Category: Trust
Dark Dirt
Digging in the dirtStay with me, I need supportI’m digging in the dirtTo find the places I got hurt – Peter Gabriel I was reading a little parable about a man who was looking for his keys under a streetlamp. A cop came up to him and asked what he was doing. The man told […]
Passion Project
“Passion is energy. Feel the power that comes from focusing on what excites you.” Oprah Winfrey Tom has this big dream. It’s amazing, enormous and absolutely fantastic. His best attribute is casting the vision for this beatific project. When he tells you the why behind his vision, you feel it in your soul. You find […]
Let go
“Love is what’s left when you let go of absolutely everything you don’t need.” Erich Shiffman “I can’t let go of everything. What will I be? I don’t want to be a non entity.” I completely get it. What would it look like if I were to let go of everything? Would I become nothing? […]
Flow
“Be the river and not the reed.” We stood on the bridge watching the people on inner tubes navigate a small section of shallow white water. Most of the tubes were tethered together in pairs. Most of the pairs had one guy with a stick used to help navigate the hazards in the river. There […]
Trust the Process
You can’t bake a cake unless you follow the recipe. Sure, you can ignore the recipe but you probably won’t end up with a cake. – Anon. When I first started on my journey, it was so annoying when people would say, “You’re exactly where you need to be.” Honestly, I thought it was condescending. […]