And we laughed........
And I cannot possibly describe the fullness that I feel inside my heart.
Spoke on the phone with Odie and Tsao. Such beautiful spirits. Our lives have taken such different turns since 10 years ago, yet we are still to laugh together and to care for one another. Ah. What a feeling of sisterhood.
I had a great day in school as well. (Rob was saying that how Mondays are my happy days and Wednesdays are poopy days. Hmm. Correct.) Students did a great presentation on existentialist psychotherapy: Frankl, May and Yalom, the theorists. It was interesting to discuss ideas such as man's search for meaning, freedom and anxiety, death and aloneless. I liked the concept of "alone together." Rob brought up the idea of how two people could be looking into the chasm of the void together while they each standing alone on either side of the cliff. Lovely. He is one of my most important partners in being alone together in this world.
Practicum was great as well. S sharing her life story of walking in between two cultures. We spoke of the devaluing of the feminine in patriarcal societies and the power of the spirit. I can feel the group becoming more and more cohesive. Beautiful. Dr.B gave me very positive feedback.....blushing. I also became enormously interested in his bringing up the idea of the "sick point" in Gestalt therapy and a client's implosive stages before taking a leap of faith, and the explosion into authenticity. How wonderfully put. I ponder my own progress in therapy as well, wondering if my therapist is capable of tolerating my and his anxieties regarding some of the heavy duty issues that are now surfacing in our therapeutic relationship. Hmm.
All in all, today was a sweet day, with many insights. I may never be able to fully discuss these new ideas that I am exploring with my childhood friends, yet love never fails us. One way or another, we manage to stay connected. Some people will get a certain part of us, while others get other parts. In this journey of life, how lucky I am to have found so many to be alone together with.
And here is to love. Love and faith.
Spoke on the phone with Odie and Tsao. Such beautiful spirits. Our lives have taken such different turns since 10 years ago, yet we are still to laugh together and to care for one another. Ah. What a feeling of sisterhood.
I had a great day in school as well. (Rob was saying that how Mondays are my happy days and Wednesdays are poopy days. Hmm. Correct.) Students did a great presentation on existentialist psychotherapy: Frankl, May and Yalom, the theorists. It was interesting to discuss ideas such as man's search for meaning, freedom and anxiety, death and aloneless. I liked the concept of "alone together." Rob brought up the idea of how two people could be looking into the chasm of the void together while they each standing alone on either side of the cliff. Lovely. He is one of my most important partners in being alone together in this world.
Practicum was great as well. S sharing her life story of walking in between two cultures. We spoke of the devaluing of the feminine in patriarcal societies and the power of the spirit. I can feel the group becoming more and more cohesive. Beautiful. Dr.B gave me very positive feedback.....blushing. I also became enormously interested in his bringing up the idea of the "sick point" in Gestalt therapy and a client's implosive stages before taking a leap of faith, and the explosion into authenticity. How wonderfully put. I ponder my own progress in therapy as well, wondering if my therapist is capable of tolerating my and his anxieties regarding some of the heavy duty issues that are now surfacing in our therapeutic relationship. Hmm.
All in all, today was a sweet day, with many insights. I may never be able to fully discuss these new ideas that I am exploring with my childhood friends, yet love never fails us. One way or another, we manage to stay connected. Some people will get a certain part of us, while others get other parts. In this journey of life, how lucky I am to have found so many to be alone together with.
And here is to love. Love and faith.
posted by Julia C. at
Tuesday, September 30, 2003
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