Listening to ourselves,
hearing what is going on within,
knowing how we are being impacted
by the circumstances of our life,
and responding to that with
a level of empathy and compassion
appropriate for the situation as a whole,
would be an important step
toward balance and harmony,
and a partnership with ourselves
based on mutual respect and encouragement
for the effort of meeting life as it comes
day to day.
We don't get enough help,
we don't have good-enough choices,
and we don't know where to turn
too much of the time.
Yet, we can always Buddy-up with ourselves
in a "Here we are, now what?" kind of way
whenever we need a hand with attitude adjustment
and squaring ourselves up
with how things are.
Our best invisible friend
is always right here
with a wink and a smile
when the times call for such,
and it would be wrong
to not look them up!
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The first paragraph, full of hope and encouragement, really touched me. It encapsulates what I try to experience every day. Much of the time I feel like the recalcitrant inner child is in charge. This gives a hint of how it could be if I would befriend myself and trust myself to encounter life with an adult level of purpose to find meaning in every action.
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If you don’t know Ann Weiser Cornell, you might start with her book The Radical Acceptance of Everything. She takes a “Focusing” attitude toward everything within. She was a student of Gene Gendlin and softens, advances some of his approaches…
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Here is the link to Ann Weiser Cornell’s “Inner Relationship Focusing” web site: https://focusingresources.com/
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Thank you. I am checking her out!
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