HOW TO WITH HEALING HEARTACHES~ CHANGE MAY COME SLOWLY~

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Finding The Beauty

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Before I begin... Have you read yesterdays' blog? OH MY... and the comments? WOW... So before we begin... let me say this, Lily's cubbie is officially named... HER NAME IS

"HOPE"

and what have we been talking about ??? haha

And of all the many names submitted, guess what other name was in the running??? Go ahead... just guess???

Visit Lily and HOPE at http://www.bear.org/

 

I’d like to stay with the idea of seeds germinating and bringing forth a unique bloom as we move into Tuesday. For though each bloom for the same plant is similar, each is also unique. Changed by the seasons, the soil it is grown in. The amount of sun the season brings, the rains, enhanced by fertilizers, pruning…

As are we... If we are surrounded by light, nurtured by kindness and love, showered with affection and caring. Thought of kindly and often. Though we have been changed by the seasons, and our own journey, we, in some ways, remain as we have always been.






Richer, brighter; more wonderful threads woven into the tapestry that is our life, but deep in the very fabric of our being, we are ourselves. Now we emerge; our selves, with new texture, a different hue. Perhaps we look the same, but are somehow a bit different this season. And so we grow; we change, we are diminished by the changing of the seasons, and we are renewed by them also.






As the caterpillar morphs into the butterfly, we become renewed. For it is in the struggle of the butterfly to be, breaking out of the chrysalis, the frantic beating of it’s wings; the butterfly comes into being. After a season in the cocoon, a long wait, this difficult effort to escape the cocoon; we open in the warmth, to at last gently move from bloom to bloom. Taking in the nectar of life. Finally, enjoying a new season, with new purpose. To fly, to flutter, and to reach our full potential again. Tink has a caterpillar just hanging out remember? She is tending her seeds, nurturing them well... and we wait!






Life, struggle, illness and Grief can be understood through nature’s metaphors. As we experience the coming change of the seasons, the end of this long cold winter, we are hopeful that this new spring will warm us, uplift us, re-energize us. The days will be growing longer. Offering more light, more warmth.






I wish each of you long days, the warmth of the sun, rainbows, butterflies, and lighter hearts for all that have been in the darkest days of their journey whatever your journey may be.


I send you love, I wish you enough, I send you whatever it is that you are needing right here... right now.

Know that though my heart aches for your loss, for the struggle you may be facing, for the diagnosis you have just received and for the energy you will need to fight the fights that are ahead.

I am right here fighting with you; I have my warpaint on... do you?

We together will enlist others; we will fight, we will not falter, we will not fail, together we will enlist the help of others and the spirits that appear from out of nowhere; we will find comfort in the arms of the angels... and we will find strength and comfort there; we will rest and then we will defy gravity once again ~  We will do it one heart beat at a time; and we will stand with our heads held high, united by the brilliant threads that make us interconnected in all that we are.

I believe in your ability to weather this arduous journey and emerge stronger. With the full understanding that you have been loved, and that the depth of your pain is a reflection of the great love you have given, and received. Remember that great song... "Ain't no mountain high enough" haha, just thought of it!






Be kind to you. Step back into the light when you are ready, or when you grow tired of the dark.
We are here to enjoy your rejoining this new season. We respect the path you have been on and hold the hope in our hearts that the spring will bring you back to us. We will dance slowly at first, the music soft and distant.
Then, as you feel the rhythm of life beckoning, calling to you, we will be there as the music returns to your heart and you dance in the light once again. Sometimes slow and sometimes with wild and crazy abandon ~






We will celebrate the shedding of the cocoon, the drying of your wings, the flight we know you will take. For in honoring the journey, the battles, the struggles and also in death, you will return to celebrate your own life, and the memories of your loved one with a lighter step, a lighter heart. Sorrow settles more gently on your heart with time. Soon it will be time to move in sync with the universe again. I promise.






And so with this promise, of tomorrows yet to come, better days ahead, I leave you dear readers for now, there is much to do ~

To my friend Joe G., thank you for your stories of yesterday, may you feel the spirit of your beloved Dad in all that you are and live the legacy ...

To my dear Chris... we will fight, we will wear our warpaint and we will stand tall with our heads high even as Granny says when our butt may drag the ground!

To Apex NC thank you again for spreading the news of Healing Heartaches... perhaps a book signing and speaking engagement will have to be on the burner for the warmer months...

To DC.. I'm coming :)

To those that are wondering, yes I am seeing clients again here in Palm Harbor on Fridays by appointment only ~ and yes I do also have clients that I journey with by phone sessions as well. I may be contacted at info@drsherryeshowalter.com regarding individual sessions as well.

"To listen compassionately, to honor someone along their  journey, and to ask a question with honest intention is at times the best talk therapy one can provide"

Or as Francis Bacon once said, "A prudent qustion is one-half of wisdom"

To all... I wish you warmth, I wish you enough...

Walk In Beauty,

DRSES

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