LAST ISSUE'S IMAGE (ISSUE
#50 )-
Florida mockingbird, the State Bird of Florida.
LAST ISSUE'S IMAGERY
After the fact, the sharing of this bird's photo has become
quite interesting. When I placed it here yesterday, I was
using the mockingbird to simply ask "How are YOU doing?"
I had accepted it the day my visiting cousin first spotted
it as welcoming us to Wakodahatchee Wetlands. An e-mail from
a subscriber stating "she doesn't seem to appreciate
having her picture taken" had me relook and then see
somewhat of a "keep-away-from-me posture."
I took another look and then began to see all kinds of other
stories I could be making up. "He/she was alerting us
to be looking for different things." First seen were
Whistling Ducks. (Watch for them tomorrow.) Then there were
family memories to be aware of that we preserved in photos.
Finally, if I wanted to view the bird's look as a warning
unheeded, half-way around the boardwalk Sam fell (a sudden
attack of extreme low blood pressure) and was taken to the
hospital for two days for observation. All is well and he's
been back home for several days.
The point to relating this personal story here is to exemplify
how many times we take one image or situation and create many
other things from it. In hindsight we often also may do guilt
trips and "what ifs" and "if onlies" on
ourselves, creating a huge energy drain.
How much more empowering it is to be with what is in the moment.
If the stories come up, we have the power to simply play with
them, transform them into new stories with positive, enlivening
charges.
Can you relate this to any "stories" in your own
life? Are there any still draining you? How can you flip them?
Perhaps you can look around you and find an image that you
can call on to do it for you. Have fun with it.
After I had many of the above thoughts, I received the final
e-mail respone to Issue 50. "What strikes me about this
bird is the oh-so-serious expression. Looks like s/he is in
the middle of a conversation and listening intently to the
other participant." My intention is that you've now had
that same experience.
TODAY'S IMAGE -
was one used in our Teleclass on Monday night. Some rich
conversations were generated from it, so I thought I'd include
it here. It is also Photo
#4 on eteletours.com.
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Inspirationally, with fun,
Sheila
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