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#3 Sharing Your Story

1/8/2021

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The quote above was written in the corner of my journal, years ago.

We don’t want people to know our story.  It's hard to be vulnerable.

Maybe we’re not feeling courageous enough to change our story …
Maybe we don’t know how …
Maybe we think we don’t ‘measure up’ …
Maybe we are afraid of being judged …
Maybe our dream turned into a nightmare …
Maybe we are afraid …
Maybe our voice is only a whisper …
Maybe it will turn into loud, anguished sobs …
Maybe we will be abandoned …
Maybe we will be alone …
Maybe we have lost religion … faith … hope …
Maybe we think we’re unlovable …
In breaking the silence – our suffering can be a light of strength.
 
Sharing our story …
Opens doors to heal hearts … (our hearts) …
Creates pathways to change …
Breathes courage into the very depths of our souls …
Brings in people who understand … who will walk with us …
Who will lend their shoulder for our sobs …
Who will love us just as we are …
Vulnerable …
Authentic …
Weepy and snotty …
Angry and hurt …
 
And we feel a flicker of love …
And we let it in … just a bit …
It flames the tiniest speck of hope … entwined with a fleck of faith.
 
We soften, letting down our guard as we break our silence … 
We are incredibly brave.
Perhaps standing alone … perhaps with someone good to lean on … knowing we can take a breath …
Knowing we have broken free.

My Encouragement to you: 
Share your story.  Bring in counseling if you need it. 
When I did, it validated my Truth.  It made me work at seeing Truth – how feeling my emotions was a good thing – even though they were awful! 

A great Anne Lamott quote:
“I thought such awful thoughts that I cannot even say them out-loud, because they would make Jesus want to drink gin straight out of the cat dish.” 

Yep – that was me!   
                     
Be brave and speak. 
You don’t know the light you will bring into someone else’s life …
let me assure you, you will.

Namaste
Debbie
www.debendres.com



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#2 Our Last Day of 2020

12/31/2020

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 ... It hasn't been an easy year.  Certainly not what any of us expected as we closed out 2019 and welcomed 2020 a year ago.

We have changed.  Life does that.  I'm not going to enumerate ... each of us holds those changes deeply in our hearts.  Many of us are living cautiously with determination and hope.  My hope is that we move forward with strength, compassion and love bigger and brighter-than-ever for our New Year of 2021.

In welcoming 2021, I am doing a house blessing in my little cottage house. 
Opening some windows to allow negative energies to leave with ease, I start at the front door and move in a clockwise direction. I ask that when the time is right, all can cross my threshold safely and be blessed. I use sage and cedar for smudging, adding frankincense on doorframes and say a prayer in each room.  I throw open the backdoor and go into my yard, planting my feet firmly on the ground - Mother Earth - and gaze up into the sky with a grateful heart ...

May all find health, peace, joy and an abundance of love as the days move forward. May forgiveness heal brokenness and may acceptance build bridges and bring more Light into our hearts and our world.

Blessings to you as you close out 2020 in your own special way.
Cheers to us and 2021!

I have a little "House Blessings" booklet you can get for .99 if you like.

Happy New Year!
Namaste
​Debbie

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    ​Tuesday, December 29, 2020
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    Tonight is our last Full Moon of a crazy 2020 year.  Snowflakes are beginning to sparsely fall, up to 4 inches will pile up through the day and night.  I'm glad I got  a picture of the moon last night!
    I thought it fitting to begin a new blog format on this particular day.  Closing 2020 out with hope.  Leaving  fear and apprehension crystallizing into oblivion.   

    It's always a practice for me - stopping fear in its track.  I know when it peeks out at me.  I feel it happening.  It's a clench in my stomach and a wave of 'quiet knowing',  something is up.  At best, I can step back and observe.  Seeing it - for real - is important. It's usually something I think I'm not going to like.  Something bad.  Pretending it will go away never works.  I might stew on it a bit, and over the years realize, the story I'm creating about it, usually isn't the Truth.  Do you ever get that fear  feeling?

    Years ago, I would stuff fear down into the deepest corners of my soul.  I didn't want to be confrontational, or be perceived as being wrong, or a spoiled brat, or not very smart or have to change because life was taking me on the ride - one way or another.  Thankfully, Wisdom does kick in, and bravery, grace and faith removes the roadblocks.

    With Covid-19 making an appearance in all of our lives this past year, I decided to respect it and do the best I can do to be safe for myself and those I love.  We make choices.  Life unfolds.  My choice is social distancing, masking, handwashing ... it isn't easy not seeing clients, friends and family face to face.  Especially when my career encompasses alot of 'hands-on' with sessions.  So, adapting is what we do.  Respecting others and their choices, and respecting myself - guilt-free - and my choices, even when it's off-putting for some.  It's a kindness for self - ourselves - healthy, compassionate, nurturing self-care that needs to be embraced in order to flourish in our lives. In the flourish, kindness ripples out to others.

    So, tonight with our Full Moon behind the clouds and the snow falling, I will light a fire, ring a bell and reflect with gratitude, my life so far!  Emotions will flow, family and friends will be embraced in my heart, I will look at things in my life that don't serve me anymore and release them.  I believe this is a time of Awakening on so many levels, especially with our New Year 2021 arriving in 3 days.  May it be one of deeper understanding, compassion, kindness and love in our hearts and throughout our world.

    Namaste
    ​Debbie




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