I did two semesters of Clinical Pastoral Education at a hospital in Camden. My supervisor quote someone who said, “You’re going to fuck up your kids no matter what you do. Fuck them up in your own way.”
Thank you Alicia. I have been wondering about some of this…and you really just jump in the deep end here and go for it. The two words that really pop for me are “it’s complicated.” I spoke to a friend a few days ago who reminded me she had been a psychiatric nurse for years. She was finishing a course in family constellation work, which I imagine you may be familiar with. I was discussing a recent interaction with a family member. She pointed out I was in shock, which was true, and that the issues I mentioned seemed also physically brain related in addition to lineage related. The next day I was with another friend who looked at me and said, “But you know Terra, it is all energy and energy can change.” I am also aware that the tales you tell are all of soul journeys and my own tales have to do with my own and other’s soul journeys. I am very aware that I see a fraction of the bigger reality at play. “It’s complicated” holds a lot doesn’t it? Are we parents or friends to our kids? Is it a right and wrong kind of choice? Is it one or the other? Why do we humans see things as yes or no? Right or wrong? Perfect or messed up? Two sides of one coin? I am shooting for the edge somehow. It’s complicated.
Thank you Alicia. I have been wondering about some of this…and you really just jump in the deep end here and go for it. The two words that really pop for me are “it’s complicated.” I spoke to a friend a few days ago who reminded me she had been a psychiatric nurse for years. She was finishing a course in family constellation work, which I imagine you may be familiar with. I was discussing a recent interaction with a family member. She pointed out I was in shock, which was true, and that the issues I mentioned seemed also physically brain related in addition to lineage related. The next day I was with another friend who looked at me and said, “But you know Terra, it is all energy and energy can change.” I am also aware that the tales you tell are all of soul journeys and my own tales have to do with my own and other’s soul journeys. I am very aware that I see a fraction of the bigger reality at play. “It’s complicated” holds a lot doesn’t it? Are we parents or friends to our kids? Is it a right and wrong kind of choice? Is it one or the other? Why do we humans see things as yes or no? Right or wrong? Perfect or messed up? Two sides of one coin? I am shooting for the edge somehow. It’s complicated.
<3 <3 <3 "It's complicated."
And I love you.
This is beautiful Alice.
The sincerity, the openness, the vulnerability, the wisdom!
It was great crossing path with you. And thank you for the mention.
You are sacred. Thank you for being.