I’ve been listening to audio workshops by Patricia Sun. One of the things she says is that writing comes about when a person has something to say. That sounds so simple and so logical, yet who FEELS the meaning?
I’ve been told for months by those helping me with marketing that I need to write and I haven’t been able to make it happen. Now, suddenly, I feel like I have things to say and they are spilling out all over. Writing comes about when I have something to say.
Aza is having a hard time doing Yuen work with others right now. He is dealing with harsh criticism of himself. I’ve been there! I’ve done that! I know what it feels like! And through experience I have also found that it is the very things I feel so uncomfortable about and struggle with the most, that make my work with others valuable.
Because the reality is, I’m human and so are you, and we really aren’t that different. I may have had different experiences than you, but through those experiences, we have been dealing with the same emotions, the same struggle with the inauthenticity of the world we live in, the same challenges trying to live up to the unrealistic expectations that are laid on us when we are born into this culture.
I want to say to Aza, "what you are going through right now is the most valuable part of your ability to help others. I know it feels like hell and having it feel like hell is what each of us experience, in one way or another. Going through what is happening for you right now means you understand what it feels like for someone else, and when you can be there with them from your place of understanding, you can help them move though their pain."
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