Hello,
Today we're going to start with a quote by Charles Pukowski.
Sometimes you climb out of bed in the morning and you think,
I'm not going to make it,
But
you laugh inside,
Remembering all the times you fell that way.
Who are the people you talk to?
Who are the ones who support you and that you stand for?
I'm reading a very interesting book by Tam O'Brien.
The title is Homecoming,
And maybe some of you are already familiar with it.
Yesterday I was reading Chapter 6,
Which talks about community care and self-care.
There was a very interesting metaphor to describe relationships.
Before I explain that,
I would like you to take a few breaths with me to relax.
Close your eyes and let yourself go.
You can breathe through your nose or your mouth.
Try as much as possible to have longer exhalations.
Let's do a total of five breaths together.
And here we start.
Now keep your eyes closed and think about the relationships that you have in all the
different aspects of your life.
Imagine a temple in which there is an inner court and an outer court.
Your closest people are in the inner court,
While the more general relationships are in
the outer court.
I'm giving you a few minutes to reflect on that while you keep breathing.
It's not a question of discriminating people,
But to define who is in one and who is in
the other.
We are all doing our best to grow and find peace,
And we must understand that it is extremely
important to figure out that we should be very mindful of who we bring in our inner
court.
Those are the people that will be interacting more often,
The ones that are going to be
there to support us and whom we are willing to be for the most.
These types of relationships,
In particular,
Have to be reciprocal,
Bilateral,
In which
we give and take.
So next time you interact with someone in your inner circle,
Think about the dynamics
of this relationship and how you really feel about it.
While you're doing it,
Keep breathing,
And then later on you can even decide to journal
your thoughts.
Now let's take three final breaths together.
I'm wishing you a beautiful day or night.
See you next time.
Namaste.
