Good morning world,
Been a lot longer than I expected since my last blog entry – now it is time to catch up! I did a 7-day mindfulness retreat with Jon Kabat-Zinn, got my little book PEARLS – meditations on recovery from hair pulling and skin picking published (only available through TLC right now www.trich.org), and just a few days ago got home from our 17th Annual TLC Conference in Dallas. Which was absolutely marvelous!
I have a lot of catch up today at work, but I wanted to share one of the meditations in PEARLS with you today.
Here it is: This is page 129 I believe!
Recognizing – and honoring – the bear in the doorway
Today I seek new pathways.
My trich was like a big Grizzly Bear:
bigger than me, able to swat me down, chew me up
and spit me out –
It beat me every time I engaged in the fight.
It stood in the “doorway” to all I wanted.
I have come to understand
that I had been focused on fighting my way –
THROUGH
Now I sit back; I no longer fight the bear.
I honor that the bear is bigger than me,
can outdo all my maneuvering.
I honor the bear; I no longer fight.
I simply open myself up to a new pathway
that the bear is not guarding.
There are pathways all around me!
I was too busy to see them before.
I am free.
And the bear sleeps in that doorway, long behind me.
~ It is easier to stay out than to get out ~
7 Comments
Dear Christina,
I’m looking forward to read your book! I’m in Italy: can I buy it in international bookstores, too?
Thanks very much
Cristina
Dear Cristina, right now you need to buy it from TLC as it is not available elsewhere. We will be very happy to ship it to you, but I am guessing that postage would be quite a bit. Eventually it will be available through Amazon.com, etc., but not for a couple months. Love Christina
Actually, it might only cost about $12 or so b/c since it weighs less than 4 lbs. it can be mailed via first class international. I just got the book, it’s great!
Also, please tell me how I can sign up for the weekly email from Christina? Thank you!
Good morning! By next week it should be available on the website – but right now you need to call the TLC office and do it over the phone. Have a great day! Love C
Christina,
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! I bought this book the moment I read the above excerpt and I read a page every morning before I get out of bed. It’s so nice to have meditations that REALLY TRULY speak to ME! The emotions you described in the forwards were ones I have felt and it made me all the more excited because I knew that I would be able to understand and relate to the meditations and thoughts in the book. I can’t wait to read more!!!! Thank you again!!!
Winter
Sending you oodles of love! We really are in this together. Love Christina