Tag: trust
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Integration
Saturday evening,I sat in the glow,And relished the flow,Connection all around me.Beside me a friend of 33 years,(We started our teaching careers together),On my other side,A friend of 15 years,(We returned to teaching part time,After being home with kids for years,And re-started our careers).As I looked around This circle of friends,Brought together for a birthday…
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Trust
Trust,to myself first-embodied, present, whole,connecting to intuition and feelings,identifying wants and needs,examining my shadow parts,dropping my defensive shield.Trustto my people-belief, safety, love,opening up and being vulnerable, taking a risk and being authentic,giving and receiving,dropping my defensive shield.Trustto others-empathy, compassion, humanity,without assumption and judgment,with grace and benevolence,expecting the best,dropping my defensive shield.Photo: Greenwich, CT. 9.30.23 by…
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Truth
“The truth hurts.”That is sometimes true.”You can’t handle the truth.”That is rarely true.”The truth will set you free.”But not without pain and suffering and consequences.”If you tell the truth, you don’t have to remember anything.”Until you hit 50 and you can’t remember most things!”When in doubt, tell the truth.”That keeps it simple.”Speak the truth, even…
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Defensiveness
For the month of June, I am flipping through Clarity and Connection, by Yung Pueblo daily and randomly stopping at a page and reading. I am using the entry to delve into my thoughts and feelings, find what resonates, and see what answers it might hold for me. It is an exercise in building my…
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Self Trust
I can always trust myself. I know what is right for me, I can see the light, Though I may be swayed by fear, by doubt and critical messages. I am disheartened by my mistakes, But I acknowledge and accept them…and I move on. The support of others nurtures me, but I am my center;…
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My Higher Power
In childhood, my belief in God was shaped by my parents and my church community. I attended Sunday School, listened to sermons, heard Bible stories. My understanding of faith was very black and white, boiled down in my mind to a set of rules to follow. Do that well, and God would be pleased, make…
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The Power of Silence
At first there is no silence. There are the thoughts, Vicious in their whisperings, Violent in their clutch, Volatile in their effect, Relentless, merciless. Then there are the feelings… Regret, shame, anger, indignation, Self recrimination, abandonment. Where was the intuition? The self trust? There! Do you see it? It is there. It was always there.…
The Journey Inward 