Monday, October 21, 2019

Strangely but true - we learn more when we are dragged outside our comfort zones ..........




I have learned a lot over the years.
Today not an exception.

Strangely but true
we learn more when we step outside our comfort zones
or
when we are driven reluctantly outside them zones
or
when the slide gets slippy and we slide uncontrollably.


I have spent a considerable few years
conducting group work in YMCA Hostels 
around London & beyond.

I have learned so much from the pain of others.
It hurts me even now
to reflect back to these BHPs
who were struggling with powerful burdens.

Often no their own making.
Often such a terrible family life
or no family life .........

The pain - I feel it.

I remember many particular times
I can visualise  .............
I have the movie in my heart & head .......

This one time we were engaged in group work
when one person burst out with their feelings::-
They had just returned from mental assessment session at hospital and they had been diagnosed!!

There was a massive sense of relief in that person
even joy.

"I have a condition
I am not on my own
Someone understand me
I can be treated" .......... the joy came too.

Then ............
streaming ..............
Others opened up saying how 
their mental condition had a diagnosis.

It was a new experience for me.
They would rather know than NOT know.

Its up to us to seek help
if we need it!
It is better to know ..............



BHP