We Humans ....

..... have two floors in our life
Ground Floor where we invite our friends,
the gas man,
the milk man,
the neighbour ....
and we have an
Attic
where we dump stuff.

We have both ..............
Upstairs and Downstairs.

When things are worn out, eyesores, unsightly -
they are understandably placed out of sight in the attic.
We don't have to see it up there.
Others won't see it there.

When we don't like certain parts of ourselves
attitudes
some ugly events
a spoiled relationship
hurts
vulnerability
emotional bruising
an uncomfortable emotion
or an error of judgement
.......... we put them in the attic
out of site
out of mind
buried
but
not
dead
buried alive ........... in the attic.

The attic will eventually become full
overloaded
we will become scared of it all falling in on us
will it collapse on us?

The attic - we all have an attic
The attic is our subconscious
The attic is sometimes called 'suppression'.

If we live our lives with the aim of being authentic
real
we will be willing and able to
display and reveal
some of our
vulnerabilities
hurts
uncertainties
which is a skill to be learned
called Emotional Literacy.

If we can do this
we will not be overloaded upstairs.
We will be working it out
unloading it - not storing it.

Emotional energy will be then available for others and ourselves.
Emotional energy will then not be wasted keeping all that stuff hiding away
Emotional energy will not be wasted on unease about an imminent collapse.

Level Five communication
is all about living on one floor
One life

Level Five
L5 communication is all about being open and honest.
It is about revealing ourselves.
It is about self revelation.

1. We admitted we were powerless over alcohol - that our lives had become unmanageable.
2. Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to sanity.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of God as we understood Him.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature of our wrongs.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings.
8. Made a list of all persons we had harmed, and became willing to make amends to them all.
9. Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so would injure them or others.
10. Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong promptly admitted it.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as we understood Him, praying only for knowledge of His will for us and the power to carry that out.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these steps, we tried to carry this message to alcoholics and to practice these principles in all our affairs.

"The Mystery never leaves you alone.
Behind your image,
below your words,
above your thoughts,
the silence of another world waits.
A world lives within you."

-John O'Donahue

"And we are each converted gradually,
imperceptibly, every day
– apparently no different this week than last
but recognisably different as the years pass,
as we inspire each other on The Way
because we are part of the household of faith."
Martin my mate.

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VOUS êtes un être merveilleux puisque VOUS lisez ceci.

Lisez le et absorbez le – ne lisez pas ces mots de façon désinvolte.

Êtes-VOUS bien en train de lire ? Ils sont écrits pour VOUS – rien que pour VOUS.

VOUS êtes une personne précieuse
VOUS êtes une personne exceptionnelle
VOUS êtes une personne unique
VOUS êtes merveilleux
VOUS êtes précieux
VOUS êtes irremplaçable
VOUS êtes mystérieux
Personne n’existera comme VOUS
Personne n’aura expérimenté la vie que VOUS l’avez expérimentée
VOUS êtes une collection de choses spéciales qui n’ont jamais été assemblées avant
Votre vie mérite la Première d’un film dans un cinéma du West End
VOUS êtes si exceptionnel et précieux que Jésus est mort pour VOUS
Il VOUS aime tellement qu’il a donné sa vie pour VOUS
Son amour est complètement et totalement à 100% pour VOUS
Son amour pour VOUS est inconditionnel
Si VOUS deveniez une meilleure personne maintenant, aujourd’hui, Dieu ne pourrait pas VOUS aimer plus demain
Son amour pour VOUS est total MAINTENANT et IL ne peut pas VOUS aimer plus.

VOUS ETES TOTALEMENT ET COMPLETEMENT AIME A 100%

Pip Wilson

I

I walk down the street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk
I fall in.
I am lost ... I am helpless.
It isn't my fault.
It takes me forever to find a way out.




II

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I pretend I don't see it.
I fall in again.
I can't believe I am in the same place
but, it isn't my fault.
It still takes a long time to get out.

III

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I see it is there.
I still fall in ... it's a habit.
my eyes are open
I know where I am.
It is my fault.
I get out immediately.

IV

I walk down the same street.
There is a deep hole in the sidewalk.
I walk around it.

V

I walk down another street.


(autobiography in five short chapters by Portia Nelson)

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I feel;
Beautiful Imperfection

Tonight I feel a bit more of the latter than the former.
NOW ...... I know that this is a feeling.
Feelings are real.
And important.
What I do know - believe - own - be - is ....... I am beautiful and imperfect.

Sometimes I feel more beautiful than imperfect.
Ha ....... that is just a feeling too!
I smile at the thought ......

The worst thing ...... is when we do not accept the beautiful % in us.
That means the whole of us is 'not ok' .
It can be like freezer in our soul - with the door open.
Still beautiful but not in touch with our beautiful self.

I have no need to talk about this in a smug way.
I was around about forty years old before I could
feel and
think and
say .........
I am beautiful.

The 2012 Olympic site is about 20 minutes from home.

Here, if you click to enlarge, you can see the main stadium taking shape and another venue + lots of other works including a large shopping hall.

Incredible crane city at the moment

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