Category Archives: Present Day

Conversations with the Inner Teacher

From my journal for Saturday, April 15 Dear Inner Teacher, I’m feeling very odd, and have been making some “mistakes” tho I’m not getting upset about them.  I do seem to have let go of trying to do everything “right.”  … Continue reading →

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“Let myself be myself”

I’ve just been typing my journal from March 19 and came across this: I’ve been reading Rohr’s book on the 12 steps.  I feel so odd.  It seems like I’m already doing it, but if I am I should be … Continue reading →

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Three Important Realizations

I had three very important realizations this last week.  From my journal: Monday, March 20 Reading Rohr on the twelve steps, can’t remember which step it is.  You’re supposed to tell to another person and to God the things you … Continue reading →

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To Take Care of Myself with Love

The last few days I’ve been struggling with the feeling of being totally disconnected. Today it suddenly occurred to me that that feeling was not me, but one of the very young traumatized parts. As soon as I saw that … Continue reading →

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“May all beings be held in lovingkindness”

Monday, March 6     Writing group: Nothing to say.    No where to go.    Once upon a time I was able to do left hand writing.  I called it that, but it wasn’t literally writing with my left hand, … Continue reading →

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Who is “Myself”?

From my journal for Monday, January 23 Lying in bed before I got up, I didn’t feel like myself.  When I got up, I asked myself “Who knows I don’t feel like myself?”  — and who is it who asks? … Continue reading →

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Let Grief Speak

Monday, February 20     Writing group: I want to write about grief.  Hard to get into. ask my grief to speak. Grief, what do you have to say? So deep and old.  So long ago.  Grief never allowed, never assuaged.  … Continue reading →

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Needing to Find a Way to Grieve

Written in Writing Group on January 2: Back in July I caught my foot in the electric cord to my fan and fell on my side hurting my hip and doing something to my ribs so they continue to hurt.  … Continue reading →

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Collapse Phase

I knew I needed to ask a couple of people for some practical help: to deal with medical insurance and how to work my new phone. I wasn’t until I was terrified by the strange noise the phone made when … Continue reading →

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Three Haiku

After I did that writing, there was still more time — we write for 20 minutes — so I wrote about what I could see: on the table with me, reflected in the window in front of me, and finally … Continue reading →

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