I’ve been recovering from nerve pain as a result of nerve damage from a bout of shingles that I had in April of 2007. It is taking a long time for my nerves to heal from the damage. One of the things I keep relearning is that I can’t make my healing go faster, I can only make it go slower by not listening to the signals I receive from my body.
This poem by Piet Hein often comes to mind:
T. T. T.
Put up in a place
Where it’s easy to see
the cryptic admonishment
T. T. T.
When you feel how depressingly
slowly you climb,
it’s well to remember that
Things Take Time
Piet Hein, a Danish poet, published two books of poetry called Grooks I and II which I bought back in the 60′s. They’ve been out of print for a long time but have been reprinted by the Danish publisher Borgen “Collected Grooks I” and “Collected Grooks II”. You can order them from the publisher.
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One of the most important things I learned as a mother I learned as I watched my babies learn to crawl. Trial and error led each one of them to the ability to move forward. You can’t teach a baby to crawl but you can provide opportunities in a safe space for them to develop the muscle strength and interest to begin the process.
That’s how I think of coaching – a safe, supportive space where you can develop your strength to challenge yourself.
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“Be yourself – you can’t be anybody else,” sings the frog in Tubby the Tuba when Tubby is sad because all he gets to play in the orchestra is oompah, oompah. Sometimes the first step in finding out who you are is to find out who you aren’t.
I’ll be posting more about my approach to coaching and helping your find out who you are as the days go by. You can read more about me on my website. In the meantime, enjoy the day and breathe, sing, and smile!
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mothering at July 23rd, 2009.
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