...I ran into this unnamed thing that absolutely unraveled connection in a way that I didnt understand or had never seen. And so I pulled back out of the research and thought, I need to figure out what this is. And it turned out to be shame. And shame is really easily understood as the fear of disconnection: Is there something about me that, if other people know it or see it, that I wont be worthy of connection? ...to let ourselves be seen, deeply seen, vulnerably seen; to love with our whole hearts, even though theres no guarantee -- and thats really hard, and I can tell you as a parent, thats excruciatingly difficult -- to practice gratitude and joy in those moments of terror, when were wondering, Can I love you this much? Can I believe in this this passionately? Can I be this fierce about this? just to be able to stop and, instead of catastrophizing what might happen, to say, Im just so grateful, because to feel this vulnerable means Im alive.
Posted on: Fri, 05 Sep 2014 18:25:57 +0000
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