I guess it is not
really doing less. It is more about being available to others, to notice
things, to speak with them and to myself.
It is a stretch to search for resonance with others’
feelings and to have patience, and to appreciate how they are different from
me. Because this is not my default setting, it often requires great discipline
of me.
I am encouraged to keep
practicing by my increasing awareness of how wonderful it feels to have more
options for myself. My normal reaction is to listen long enough to offer a
response that has more to do with me than them. It is often about what I know
and what I can tell others.
My dream personality is to be comfortable enough
with my own frailty to allow others theirs without having to fix it. Not to
have to say everything that comes into my head, not having to move quickly, to
be able to be still and really hear my complete self and others. Hearing is healing
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