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Reverb day 4: less than and more than accepting
We are all lightning rods, conduits for that which the Universe wants born into this world. What energies did you channel this year?
This year has been about acceptance - acceptance of who I am, acceptance of what other people are.
Everything that I have written this year has, somewhere along the line, been about that, saying, 'You and I have a right to be in the world, the way we are just at this minute, imperfect, hesitant, apologetic as we are, none the less, there is a place for us.' All the jewellery I have made has said, 'Look at this thing! Isn't it gorgeous?' Even in my day job I have been thinking about better ways to work with what we already know.
And acceptance isn't really the right word, either; it goes too far and not far enough. I don't necessarily want to accept all situations, and I want to do more than just accept people. What I am trying to say is that I want to meet people where they are, without trying to change them - frustrating as that is when those people are not themselves accepting, and are trying to change me or other people. I want to let people be who they are, not who I think they ought to be. That's what I've been writing about all year.
I want to see what is really there. I want clear-sighted love. I want to show that this is possible for everyone. That is, it turns out, what I have been striving for all this year.
This year has been about acceptance - acceptance of who I am, acceptance of what other people are.
Everything that I have written this year has, somewhere along the line, been about that, saying, 'You and I have a right to be in the world, the way we are just at this minute, imperfect, hesitant, apologetic as we are, none the less, there is a place for us.' All the jewellery I have made has said, 'Look at this thing! Isn't it gorgeous?' Even in my day job I have been thinking about better ways to work with what we already know.
And acceptance isn't really the right word, either; it goes too far and not far enough. I don't necessarily want to accept all situations, and I want to do more than just accept people. What I am trying to say is that I want to meet people where they are, without trying to change them - frustrating as that is when those people are not themselves accepting, and are trying to change me or other people. I want to let people be who they are, not who I think they ought to be. That's what I've been writing about all year.
I want to see what is really there. I want clear-sighted love. I want to show that this is possible for everyone. That is, it turns out, what I have been striving for all this year.