How real can one be ! How real can one be witness to!
"I want to see the shame as a friendly pointer to the grace that vulnerability makes possible, letting shame take me into more aliveness" My favorite line from your post.
thank you, Michael. I go to bed tonight pondering and probably being chnaged by this.
Love, Katherine
I am grateful to have this reminder to ponder guilt and shame, and how they may show up in my own weaknesses and fading powers related to aging. Thank you for speaking so vibrantly and helpfully, even though you experience language getting tangled at times. It is your heart I love, though, and the words are just a bonus. Blessings, blessings, blessings - heaped up and spilling over.
Regardless of how it may feel to you, your ability communicate (and touch both minds and hearts) continues to shine through in all your posts. Thank you for making the time to share your journey.
Shame perishes in the light and festers in the dark. Thanks for being open and vulnerable releasing shame, embracing the light, and leading by example. Your impact on my life is appreciated and felt even more with the understanding and compassion that your raw vulnerability helps me understand about your challenges. Just because your words and thoughts may become less elegant doesn't mean they are any less valuable to me. Thank you.
Hi Michael, Thanks for sharing the words of Brene Brown: guilt is saying "I’m sorry" and shame is saying “I am a mistake.” I think this is an important distinction. For some of us, we live in a state of shame. Even though we all make mistakes, we are NOT failures or losers. We're just in the process of growing. Thank you for this reminder.
"I want to see the shame as a friendly pointer to the grace that vulnerability makes possible, letting shame take me into more aliveness" My favorite line from your post.
thank you, Michael. I go to bed tonight pondering and probably being chnaged by this.
Love, Katherine