Peeking Out of The Cave
It's been almost 10 weeks since my last full week in the office (I last saw clients on September 11th) and 8 weeks since our dear baby boy was born. There's a culture of home, hearth, and cave-dwelling with our two dogs that's been dominating my experience (outer and inner) since September 24th when Ready McFie arrived.
I have chosen to take a long leave this time (my return to work date is scheduled to be 1/19/10) and there's a chance that my longer leave is adding to my ability to feel calm, patience, and joy. The longer I'm at home living this way, the harder it is to imagine recreating the schedule I maintained as recently as early September. The more time I have to think about the Blessing of our baby and to re-evalate my priorities, the more I know intuitively that I have to shift things as I return to my practice. When I was 30, 32, and even 35 years old heading back to work was a little bit more routine. This time, it's a whole other story.
Stroller walks in the Fan this week have had my husband playing "therapist" for me as he continues to encourage me to "wait and see how you feel" once I return to work and live that part of my life again. He's right. (Funny how we therapists really DO need an outsider's perspective just a much as anyone.) The turning of the calendar's pages and the seasons changing are making me somewhat wistful on top of all this stuff, but there'll never be a STOP TIME button I can push, so I need to let go of my ambivalence about time passing and realize all the good that there is to come as the days march along. We head North on 11/24 for a Massachusetts Thanksgiving and head West again for a Colorado Christmas. So many people in our families will get to see, hold, and love Ready McFie who have only seen pictures so far.
Life has its built-in silver linings all over the place. This is what I would tell you in the nurturing environment of my Arts for Replenishment and Change practice and surely what I know through my own experience.
Writing honestly allows me to gain clarity about my own life and direction. In this season of Thanks and Giving, here's wishing you the ability to be grateful for the challenges that you face. Give yourself some time to think about whatever is difficult in your life right now and ask for the best possible outcome. Then your job (or joy) is to trust that the problem will take on a new shape. Embrace the solutions that you find.
With Many Wishes for a Happy Giving-Thanks Time,
- ARC
I have chosen to take a long leave this time (my return to work date is scheduled to be 1/19/10) and there's a chance that my longer leave is adding to my ability to feel calm, patience, and joy. The longer I'm at home living this way, the harder it is to imagine recreating the schedule I maintained as recently as early September. The more time I have to think about the Blessing of our baby and to re-evalate my priorities, the more I know intuitively that I have to shift things as I return to my practice. When I was 30, 32, and even 35 years old heading back to work was a little bit more routine. This time, it's a whole other story.
Stroller walks in the Fan this week have had my husband playing "therapist" for me as he continues to encourage me to "wait and see how you feel" once I return to work and live that part of my life again. He's right. (Funny how we therapists really DO need an outsider's perspective just a much as anyone.) The turning of the calendar's pages and the seasons changing are making me somewhat wistful on top of all this stuff, but there'll never be a STOP TIME button I can push, so I need to let go of my ambivalence about time passing and realize all the good that there is to come as the days march along. We head North on 11/24 for a Massachusetts Thanksgiving and head West again for a Colorado Christmas. So many people in our families will get to see, hold, and love Ready McFie who have only seen pictures so far.
Life has its built-in silver linings all over the place. This is what I would tell you in the nurturing environment of my Arts for Replenishment and Change practice and surely what I know through my own experience.
Writing honestly allows me to gain clarity about my own life and direction. In this season of Thanks and Giving, here's wishing you the ability to be grateful for the challenges that you face. Give yourself some time to think about whatever is difficult in your life right now and ask for the best possible outcome. Then your job (or joy) is to trust that the problem will take on a new shape. Embrace the solutions that you find.
With Many Wishes for a Happy Giving-Thanks Time,
- ARC
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