Sunday, March 13, 2005

PIPreflectingANDstumblingAGAIN .....


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Originally uploaded by Pip Wilson.




....... on these blog pages I have a commitment to you and myself to;
SAY WHO I AM
TELL YOU WHO I AM

Normally I am journeying inward through feelings, my soul, the spiritual, the yearning, the becoming ..... all clicked out on these pages.
Usually that journey is stimulated by the sort of Mission activities I have been involved in and behaviour of myself and others.
(Behaviour lives out of attitude and feelings it seems to me.)

Today I am chained a bit by a developing cough and a body frame that is not moving or resting easily. I clicked yesterday about me never being ill. Cough!
It is true - but my humanness has caught me and and I am a bit of a stumbling human at the moment. It will not last ........ I need to kick the darkness 'till it bleeds daylight ........and I have a Greenbelt Meeting tomorrow - a special one indeed, and I don't want to miss it.

The other 'domestic' is Joyce, my 84 year old Mother in Law, has come direct from hospital to stay with us for a few weeks to get back to strength.
Also daughter Ann, in the midst of her new work with the MTV show, has dropped in to see her Nana and the full of coughing me.

My only reflecting is;
I have had a fab week working with a range of humans and I love the range.
1 Working with Homeless and battered young humans stretches me. I have to learn all the time as I try to be alongside and communicate.
2 Working with humans in the Corporate Sector also stretches because I have to reach out, with all I have, to communicate most effectively.

Comparing both .......... 'both' contain unique individuals who cannot be banged in two boxes. I am working with them in group context and have to be aware of a range feelings as I view the sea of faces. Beautiful humans with apprehension - qualities - personalities - yearnings and more and more.
One group has social stigma and another has social status.

Interesting story ......... going around the group one of the youngsters in my group asked if anyone in the group had credit on their mobile phone.
I was the only one who had a mobile telephone on 'monthly'. All the rest had empty mobile phones - it's normal. The rather emotionally urgent call was made from mine.

I suppose I don't feel comfortable doing comparisons because they, individually and corporately, all have needs and it is my job to work in that context and use the best tools and methodology.
All in my beautiful imperfection.

If I can help the opening up of each authentic human;
-to self
-to others
-to me
It can only be good for development and release of the fullest possible potential.

"Community is a safe place precisely because no one is attempting to heal or convert you, to fix you, to change you. Instead, the members accept you as you are. You are free to be you. And being so free, you are free to discard defenses, masks, disguises: free to seek your own psychological and spiritual health."

M. Scott Peck


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