I have no story but want to share my gratitude for reading this memory and being reminded not to get sucked into being reactive and caught in the drama. THANK YOU
I am learning that Recognising the moment i am in a ‘nervous system state’ is the moment to hold myself in loving kindness. That I’ve probably overextended myself and need to stop and replenish.
I have enjoyed thinking about the ramifications of this concept. Thank you. It would seem to me that stealing has many greedy tentacles driven by unfulfilled needs. Competitivediscourse, not pausing to hear what peopleare sharing but charging ahead with a story about the self, is tome a form of stealing. In fact I would say that all foes of attention seeking are stealing as they demand something from someoneelse with an assumption they have it to give.
On Feb 6, 2024 Annie willerton wrote on When My Father Faced An Emergency, by Nora Bateson: