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Dear ,
While I was thinking about the topic of this newsletter, I was looking back at my last year.
In July 2020 I arrived in Bulgaria. The plan was to give myself time to settle in and - most of all – allow myself to relax after years of being busy, starting over and over again and building up my work in different countries.
Well, this was the plan – but reality looked somewhat different. The house was not as we expected and I spent the first weeks with cleaning and a lot of effort to make it a home. Unforeseen renovation work followed over the following months under my control and organization, and in between I organized workshops online, created new projects, adapted my training to the new travel circumstances and was always present online for my clients, students and supervisees.
And yes, there were moments when I thought I couldn’t handle all this anymore, moments when things felt too heavy, too much, too difficult, too painful. And yet I kept on going.
Today, looking back, I realize how much I achieved in this past year, but also how much I pushed myself. I am looking back with gratitude, pride and a smile on my face. And I am looking back a bit wiser and the awareness that on all this I had forgotten someone – myself.
Why am I writing all this? Well, especially during the past months I have met so many people, including some of you, who also are tired and exhausted from pushing themselves forward and being there for others.
In the “Orders of Helping” we learn that we need to fill our cup before we can nurture others. I know, I teach it – and yet – also teachers sometimes forget about it and need a reminder.
In our daily life and duties we often are like the hamster in a wheel and we do not realize how much we need a break. Or, we take breaks and yet fill them with other activities that do not allow our mind and soul to find the rest it needs so badly.
So, at the beginning of this summer, maybe ask yourself: “What do I need? What nurtures my soul? In which way have I ignored myself?”
And then listen to yourself and to the answers you get. And follow them. Give yourself this so much deserved rest, honour your being, restore your strength, find new answers, discover yourself anew – and most of all – acknowledge that you are perfect as you are in this moment in time!
I will do this in the month of August – and you?
Sending you my best wishes for a sunny July in the spirit of love and reconciliation
Ursula |
