Suffering in silence was something I learned but not what brought my soul back to life again -- it was listening to the part of me that knew better without knowing how or why. I appreciate the Buddhist teachings I leaned into helped me see that even though suffering is part of life, it is the emotional reactivity that causes us to hurt more than we need to. I appreciate you for the gift you shared that starts with a deep desire to shape shift and how a paint brush and a canvas can bring my heart and soul back into life. So yes, let's consider this path to re-awakening and start with a curve instead of a straight line. Thank you for listening to your soul to bring us soul medicine art and an invitation to come back into the mystery and the magic of re-awakening to life's deeper beauty no matter what.
For years, I related to my father from behind armor that I developed as a child in response to his armored fathering. A year ago, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We sat one day in the hospital awaiting his chemo session and had a soul-to-soul/heart-to-heart talk. The armor had dropped away on both of us. This past year with his cancer journey has been me in relation to him from my pre-armored self, that place of my unconditional love, willing presence, truthful tears and playful loving that is my birthright. It has been completely unexpectedly a relief to just be me in this very challenging time of his dying. A gift. His and mine.
Suffering in silence was something I learned but not what brought my soul back to life again -- it was listening to the part of me that knew better without knowing how or why. I appreciate the Buddhist teachings I leaned into helped me see that even though suffering is part of life, it is the emotional reactivity that causes us to hurt more than we need to. I appreciate you for the gift you shared that starts with a deep desire to shape shift and how a paint brush and a canvas can bring my heart and soul back into life. So yes, let's consider this path to re-awakening and start with a curve instead of a straight line. Thank you for listening to your soul to bring us soul medicine art and an invitation to come back into the mystery and the magic of re-awakening to life's deeper beauty no matter what.
For years, I related to my father from behind armor that I developed as a child in response to his armored fathering. A year ago, he was diagnosed with terminal cancer. We sat one day in the hospital awaiting his chemo session and had a soul-to-soul/heart-to-heart talk. The armor had dropped away on both of us. This past year with his cancer journey has been me in relation to him from my pre-armored self, that place of my unconditional love, willing presence, truthful tears and playful loving that is my birthright. It has been completely unexpectedly a relief to just be me in this very challenging time of his dying. A gift. His and mine.
i am Loving this juxtaposition of suffering and a perfectly beautiful definition of Grace!!!!