tidbits...

i got a chance to snuggle in early and read last nite.
yes....STILL kitchen table wisdom...but i've made it
to the last section....so it won't be too much longer!

this has now become one of my all time favorite books.

i wanted to share some snippets this weekend.....
i read them and went ohhhhhhhhhh and just loved them.

she's quoting a doctor who worked with 'unconditional
positive regard.'

'...before every session i take a moment to remember
my humanity.....there is no experience that this man
has that i cannot share with him, no fear that i cannot
understand, no suffering that i cannot care about,
because i too am human. no matter how deep his wound,
he does not need to be ashamed in front of me. i too
am vulnerable. and because of this, i am enough.
whatever his story, he no longer needs to be alone with
it. this is what will allow his healing to begin.'


then she writes a page later....
'the greatest gift we bring to anyone who is suffering
is our wholeness.'


'listening creates a holy silence. when you listen
generously to people, they can hear truth in themselves,
often for the first time. and in the silence of listening,
you can know yourself in everyone. eventually you may
be able to hear, in everyone and beyond everyone, the
unseen singing softly to itself and to you.'