Thank you for this beautiful session Katie. Hope you have wonderful travels.
Thought I'd share a few thoughts that popped up in response to these prompts.
The first prompt I found especially useful to reflect on - I had a situation in the past year where I had felt really anxious but as I sat with the feeling over time I realised that I what I was actually feeling was anger and I just didn't know how to process it so it turned into anxiety instead. Almost the opposite of the CS Lewis quote you shared! I'm hoping that like the four stages of grief it's something that will slowly shift into acceptance and I'm sure your questions will be helpful in that journey. 💕
For the second prompt it reminded me that I often think about the lessons teachers teach that aren't just the curriculum. My example is always how my childhood piano teacher taught me to laugh at my mistakes (which I made a lot of!) and try again rather than worry about them which I think is a great lesson for many things not just piano.
Finally the third prompt reminded me of how we think of the moon as having phases and different shapes, but I feel it's often forgotten that the Earth (and all the planets) will have the same effect played out on their surface so that from space the Earth will seem to get bigger and smaller depending on what position it's viewed from and where the sun is as only the Earth that is lit will show up. I'm not sure why but this is a reflection that stuck with me after I visited the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition in London, something about the fact that the Earth that we see as such a constant going through this same cycle felt like a bit shift in thought, though maybe it shouldn't be!
Thanks for a lovely journalling session and look forward to hopefully joining the next one live again :)
Claire, this is the most beautiful comment! Thank you for sharing your reflections so generously. You have really added to my thinking here and it is really quite special to read how you have taken each prompt and taken it somewhere new that is resonant for you.
For me, you have brought these things:
a) When we unknowingly suppress emotions, what do they turn into? How can we recognise what we think we are feeling vs. what we actually are feeling? Maybe emotions run along a spectrum so close as they are to each other (like crying happy tears or the loss and comfort of nostalgia).
b) The new perspective on Earth that you have shared has stopped me in my tracks! I did not have any awareness of this and I'm going to have to read up on it. I find space awe-inspiring. I understand so little but it always gives me a new sense of perspective. What you have shared is incredible. And yet during the night, we are still there in the darkness. I feel like I'm going to be thinking about this one for a while! Thank you.
I so appreciate your words and your openness. Thank you, Claire x
Thank you for this beautiful session Katie. Hope you have wonderful travels.
Thought I'd share a few thoughts that popped up in response to these prompts.
The first prompt I found especially useful to reflect on - I had a situation in the past year where I had felt really anxious but as I sat with the feeling over time I realised that I what I was actually feeling was anger and I just didn't know how to process it so it turned into anxiety instead. Almost the opposite of the CS Lewis quote you shared! I'm hoping that like the four stages of grief it's something that will slowly shift into acceptance and I'm sure your questions will be helpful in that journey. 💕
For the second prompt it reminded me that I often think about the lessons teachers teach that aren't just the curriculum. My example is always how my childhood piano teacher taught me to laugh at my mistakes (which I made a lot of!) and try again rather than worry about them which I think is a great lesson for many things not just piano.
Finally the third prompt reminded me of how we think of the moon as having phases and different shapes, but I feel it's often forgotten that the Earth (and all the planets) will have the same effect played out on their surface so that from space the Earth will seem to get bigger and smaller depending on what position it's viewed from and where the sun is as only the Earth that is lit will show up. I'm not sure why but this is a reflection that stuck with me after I visited the Astronomy Photographer of the Year exhibition in London, something about the fact that the Earth that we see as such a constant going through this same cycle felt like a bit shift in thought, though maybe it shouldn't be!
Thanks for a lovely journalling session and look forward to hopefully joining the next one live again :)
Claire, this is the most beautiful comment! Thank you for sharing your reflections so generously. You have really added to my thinking here and it is really quite special to read how you have taken each prompt and taken it somewhere new that is resonant for you.
For me, you have brought these things:
a) When we unknowingly suppress emotions, what do they turn into? How can we recognise what we think we are feeling vs. what we actually are feeling? Maybe emotions run along a spectrum so close as they are to each other (like crying happy tears or the loss and comfort of nostalgia).
b) The new perspective on Earth that you have shared has stopped me in my tracks! I did not have any awareness of this and I'm going to have to read up on it. I find space awe-inspiring. I understand so little but it always gives me a new sense of perspective. What you have shared is incredible. And yet during the night, we are still there in the darkness. I feel like I'm going to be thinking about this one for a while! Thank you.
I so appreciate your words and your openness. Thank you, Claire x