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montecristo

It's Where the Water Flows

Sep 10, 2019 23:53

Ack! I'm kind of wrung-out. It is hard to compose my thoughts. I feel tired. I kind of feel like writing but I'm not overflowing with inspiration. I keep wanting to get up from the keyboard and go do something else. I feel pensive and introspective.

I spoke to Lauralee today. She got to drive today. I didn't come with a pile of stuff to just dump ( Read more... )

differentiation, self confrontation, internal family system, relationship, love, introspection, lamentations and tribulations

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morganaus September 12 2019, 16:51:38 UTC

I'm glad it feels good to have released that. LJ has always been that for me. It's a slog to get it out, but once it's actually out, it feels cathartic. I think questioning everything--especially yourself--is a very positive and useful exercise. I like that: approach with curiosity, not judgment.

Apocalypse now! montecristo October 18 2019, 04:35:24 UTC

As Socrates said: "The unexamined life is not worth living."

Catharsis. Yes. There is some of that, as well.

L. has a "sampler" on her refrigerator that reads, "Curiosity is love." I have found that to be true. Using empathy depends upon curiosity. Judgment is a conclusion, it forecloses further curiosity in the finality of a verdict rendered. Judgment is the product of "discernment," that aspect of logic which draws differences and contrasts, pares away the inessential. Discernment is the complementary logical tool to empathy, which draws comparisons and considers wholes. Heh.