Josh, a new reader, asked me such a challenging question I thought I’d pass it on to you.
Here’s his question, “In one great sentence tell me what you believe you are about?”
The form of the question raises other issues about believing, so for this exercise I abbreviated the question to:
In one great sentence, what are you about?
One of the questions I ask my patients is — who is the you that you refer to. If you don’t think there are multiple versions of you, then you have not been paying attention.
So, who is the YOU in the question – what are YOU about.
Give an answer for each of your voices.
Here are my responses from the different voices.
My first two responses – as a therapist/mentor.
– I am about helping people to live a life they
wholeheartedly love.
– I am about helping people to love their journey through
life.
Version three – my core?
– I am about living in Presence and Love and acting on what
arises there.
Version four and five – from one of my wounded children
– I am about being right. Or more exactly, I am about not
being wrong.
– I am about getting Mom and/or Dad’s approval, and your
approval as a substitute.
Version six – as a healthy child
– I am about play. Playing with you. Playing outdoors.
Playing alone.
Versions multiple non-verbal responses –
– I opine that all art is a self-portrait. You can look at
my sacred landscapes and consider them as self-portraits.
What can you tell from these?
YOUR TURN — TRY THE EXERCISE
In one great sentence, fill in the blank –
I am about ________________.
Listen to your internal voices then fill in the blank for each of them.
What have you learned? What is revealed? Was this hard to do?
Live long and prosper,
William
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