Meeting Asclepius

This week’s exercise was a tad difficult for me, in the beginning. I chose the wrong person to join it and me didn’t work. I was very distracted and couldn’t focus at all. I almost got irritated and turn off the recording. The 2^nd time, I tried I chose my grandmother to join me. She passed away when I was 4 and I hardly remember her. I have a special connection with her, if I can call it that. I was told we looked a lot alike and she loved me very much. Once in a while, I dream of her and we actually get to talk in the dream. This time, it worked like magic. I have experienced the waterfall and the rushing mountain stream until I reached the river flowing into the ocean. The freedom experienced was breathtaking and was able to fully emerge into the exercise.

“One cannot lead another where one has not gone himself”.  I have lived by these words for a long time and I truly believe that walking the walk is the way to go. Talking is easy but doing it is the hard part. In my personal life, I try to think of the other and walk in their shoes, hypothetically, in my professional life, it is also important to show compassion and understanding and even though I might have not experienced what my client does, I can embrace it with compassion, care and love.