Life is so metaphoric, I just love it. Most everything is a symbol for something else, here to teach us when viewed with open eyes.
I am endeavoring to reincorporate some lost, or banished, parts of myself from long ago. They want to come back. I don't recognize them. I'm not sure I welcome them.
When it comes to writing this newsletter I pay close attention to what is going on in my own life to see if it might be useful to you.
The question recently came back to me in the blunt ending of a budding friendship I had hoped would develop.
Culturally we are losing sight of the power of promise and commitment. Instead of stepping up and into it we are watering it down to our own wishy washy self-serving level.
Don Henley says it took him 48 years to write and 5 minutes to sing. Anyone who has experienced relationship loss will be able to identify with this song. Here is the chorus.
How big can we as humans get? How small can we leave behind? What might be possible if we co-create rather than compete?
When we are dealing with an unhappy marriage and trying to sort things out we want to believe that if we are happy, our kids will also be happy.
Jeannine was recently interviewed by Dave Taylor, blogger extraordinaire. One of the questions he asked is:
Preparing my home for sale was a lot like going on a date—dressing her up pretty and putting a little makeup on.