This one resonated deeply. It's amazing how often people confuse relentless optimism and kindness with lack of complexity. You just skillfully and rigorously wrote that myth into oblivion, Katie.
Connection is in the sharing of ‘the hard stuff’- our fears, our failings, sometimes things we don’t have answers for, like emotions we can’t explain, or physical responses that don’t make sense. True connection, (different than with partners or husbands) is with other women who we can be vulnerable with.
Your friend’s comment was surely not meant to harm but it raises a point about how ‘we’ (women) move in the world without making deep connections.
100%. I feel so lucky to have so many women in my life that I can be my full self with. Vulnerability is essential! Empowerment is essential! We must bare our souls.
Ouch! It can be difficult to get inside someone else's head. Sometimes I can't find my own deeper thoughts and feelings. Most of us are capable of complexity. Some seek it more than others. There seems to be a circadian rhythm to connecting with soul work, at least for me. Soul is alive in the early morning hours and often after a glass of wine! Soul is alive in the quiet of the woods, when my boots crunch the snow, and the bare branches play with the waning light. Soul is alive when we look outward at the beauty in each person. "The light in me sees and honors the light in you". Namaste.
This one resonated deeply. It's amazing how often people confuse relentless optimism and kindness with lack of complexity. You just skillfully and rigorously wrote that myth into oblivion, Katie.
Couldn’t agree more!!!!
Also, I will be framing that picture of you and putting it in a prominent place in my home
I will send you a copy!! I love her.
Connection is in the sharing of ‘the hard stuff’- our fears, our failings, sometimes things we don’t have answers for, like emotions we can’t explain, or physical responses that don’t make sense. True connection, (different than with partners or husbands) is with other women who we can be vulnerable with.
Your friend’s comment was surely not meant to harm but it raises a point about how ‘we’ (women) move in the world without making deep connections.
100%. I feel so lucky to have so many women in my life that I can be my full self with. Vulnerability is essential! Empowerment is essential! We must bare our souls.
SO GOOOOOD.
Ouch! It can be difficult to get inside someone else's head. Sometimes I can't find my own deeper thoughts and feelings. Most of us are capable of complexity. Some seek it more than others. There seems to be a circadian rhythm to connecting with soul work, at least for me. Soul is alive in the early morning hours and often after a glass of wine! Soul is alive in the quiet of the woods, when my boots crunch the snow, and the bare branches play with the waning light. Soul is alive when we look outward at the beauty in each person. "The light in me sees and honors the light in you". Namaste.
I love you endlessly, Mom. Thank you so much. The beauty in me is because of the beauty in you.