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10/30/2020

 
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Silver Linings

10/23/2020

 
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Here is a little game for you to play...
Consider an event or experience in your life that was painful, frightening or humiliating. Recall that moment as if it has just happened. Remember the events that led to the moment, the feelings you experienced and the passing of the experience. 

Now... consider what you gained from that experience.  What did it teach you? How did it change you in a way that led to the life you are living now? How did it impact your relationships?
In my own narrative of this activity, I often go to the experience of my marriage ending. Months of not knowing what would happen, the fear of living alone, the fear of sharing my son with someone who lives in a different country. The shame of being left. 

It took months, but when I was introduced to this exercise, I was steeped in gratitude. Without the end of my marriage, I would not be discovering so much about what gives ME meaning. I would not have been discovering how to create a world I really wanted. I could see the shortcomings in my relationship honestly and armed with that wisdom, move into new more powerful relationships.
As the world slowly re-opens post the height of COVID, and the second wave is washing over us, I often wonder about the silver lining.

What has COVID taught you/me about yourself/myself? How do I like working from home? What do I make priorities when I go through a low grade anxiety for months? Who are the people who I really wanted to bubble with? What is it about those relationships that made them the priority?
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As I see it? The silver linings practice is a way toward gratitude. A way toward peace and appreciation of what is. It is a way to side step the ongoing rebellion toward what I don't want. 
​Enjoy!

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