The Chronicles of spirit_donut
I got a letter from a far away friend recently. While I was very happy to hear she was doing well on all fronts, there was something about the letter that made me sad. Given that I'm happy for her, the sadness seemed so out of place. Perhaps the sadness is for some possibilities unexplored, for possibilities lost.
In some ways the sadness (and some other things going on) seem to herald some changes to come, bigger changes than I was previously expecting...
When I visited the former teacher with terminal brain cancer last week, I also talked with a classmate who went with me who had studied under (if I remember correctly) Sogyal Rinpoche. He said something about how hard it must be for her (the teacher); It's hard enough to lose a loved one, a job, a house, a relationship, a friend, whatever. Sometimes just losing one thing that we identify with, that is important to us, can feel like dying, or make us feel like we want to die. She's losing all of that, all at once, and so much more. She is losing everything.
I hadn't understood it in quite that way before.
Today, while trying to figure out what to do, I just said 'f*ck it' and went out to see a movie. I feel it's important to have fun, and it's important to practice what you preach. I ended up seeing 'The Chronicles of Riddick,' specifically because I wouldn't be able to rationalize seeing it for any other reason than 'because I wanted to,' for fun.
(...though it did make for an interesting allegory of our political climate...)
...and I enjoyed it more than I expected.
Less than half a semester to go. I'm now an official member of AMTA. After graduating comes the National Board exam, (a course on CranioSacral therapy,) then certification.
...and after that?
In some ways the sadness (and some other things going on) seem to herald some changes to come, bigger changes than I was previously expecting...
When I visited the former teacher with terminal brain cancer last week, I also talked with a classmate who went with me who had studied under (if I remember correctly) Sogyal Rinpoche. He said something about how hard it must be for her (the teacher); It's hard enough to lose a loved one, a job, a house, a relationship, a friend, whatever. Sometimes just losing one thing that we identify with, that is important to us, can feel like dying, or make us feel like we want to die. She's losing all of that, all at once, and so much more. She is losing everything.
I hadn't understood it in quite that way before.
Today, while trying to figure out what to do, I just said 'f*ck it' and went out to see a movie. I feel it's important to have fun, and it's important to practice what you preach. I ended up seeing 'The Chronicles of Riddick,' specifically because I wouldn't be able to rationalize seeing it for any other reason than 'because I wanted to,' for fun.
(...though it did make for an interesting allegory of our political climate...)
...and I enjoyed it more than I expected.
Less than half a semester to go. I'm now an official member of AMTA. After graduating comes the National Board exam, (a course on CranioSacral therapy,) then certification.
...and after that?