Chris, Thanks for sharing this with the group. The response to it reflects how
small a planet we live on, and how we are all equally close to this sort of
devastaton. I'm sorry it is on top of you right now. I wonder so often these
days, the cumulative traumatic effect that such events and the news of such
events has on each of us. Seems we must all be in some sort of state of trauma,
some so directly in the path of it and some indirectly. Hearing of this has
such an effect on my; it is hard to actually imagine myself in the place of a
young child hiding in a closet while unknown foreign soldiers take and kill
family members, or wandering about my village where most/all of the adults have
died of AIDS. The thoughts alone traumatize me. I can't imagine the effect of
seeing such things, yet I wonder if seeing them would provide some calming
effect on the nervous system, a sort of finality that the imagination has no
such notion of. I'm anticipating/hoping for your response Anngwyn to these
musings that in my comfort, I have the luxury of.
Anni, Thank you so much for this line: "but we say thank you for all
things....not just those that appear to be 'good.'" It is truly the most
difficult to do and the thing that in my reacton, I forget most often.
David, I'm so grateful to hear that you and Janne got out.
Margreet, I'm so sorry to hear that you lost your home and am seeing you
comfortably in the one that awaits you.
Mark, Thanks for the great description of phone sessions. I work in very much
the same way. I might add, that I ask, "How are you doing?" 3-4 times in the
session, after or during an important or difficult step. This gives great info
that is easier to see in person, but not always evident over the phone. Thanks,
Mark
Sneh, So glad to see you back online. Western medicine is worth it now and
again!
Love to all reading, xsheila
Sheila Saunders, RN, LMFT
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To: ConstellationTalk@yahoogroups.comFrom: annimukkala@yahoo.caDate: Sun, 8 Feb
2009 23:05:56 +0000Subject: [ConstellationTalk] Re: thank you in all things
i refer in this last post, of course, to the fires in australia. my heart is
with all who suffer. anni--- In ConstellationTalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,
"annimukkala" <annimukkala@...> wrote:>> i humbly add a little prayer to all
those whose prayers are surely > bigger than my own. i think of bert's teaching
in constellation work > where we say 'yes' to the reality and 'thank you' for
that reality > because in some say it will serve to make us grow in our
humanity. it > may nurture our strength, it may encourage community, it may
foster > compassion and love, it may allow us to move beyond the pain into >
something bigger than ourselves. these are just a few of my personal > ideas to
try to explain my understanding of this bigger whole picture > of which we only
see a tiny part. i see this in the coming together of > this group. i see it in
the desire for a healing of the land (ie.rain)> that we here in our group seem
all to hold. > > with this in mind, then, i say "yes" to the full reality of
this event > and to all that unfold as a result of it. > > i also say "thank
you." we cannot know the magnitute of what may or > will come of this event and
while we are in the midst of this trauma it > is difficult to see anything to
be thankful for. but we say thank you > for all things....not just those that
appear to be 'good.' i offer > then a small prayer of saying "thank you.">
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