Posted by Alyse on 1/8/2007, 4:30 am, in reply to "Re: assignment for inner child" --Previous Message--
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I am SO afraid to let my inner child go wild! Just this morning, for instance, I was invited to drive the school bus with my dad (he is a busdriver for elementary school). I was up in plenty of time to make the ride, and feeling amazingly energetic. Instead of taking the ride and having FUN, I started eating...stuffed myself with lethargy and regret and depression.
: thank you....I was also thinking
: ,,,,it also takes time for a child
: to really come up ....kinda like the
: little baby fish in the lake at the
: edge....be still and quiet then they
: come up and check you out...It is
: well worth the investment....of
: time.....it can be as julie cameron
: calls an "artist date"
: once a week....do a little child
: visit once a week.... a lot of
: quality child care places welcome
: visiting storytellers etc...It is
: one of the riches experiences of
: grandparenting...with proper
: boundaries of time...etc...sha sha
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: --Previous Message--
: : Wow...I have been craving contact
: with small children for quite some
: time..Also grieving my son growing
: up...Missing have the child in my
: life...I love your suggestions.
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: --Previous Message--
: I am catching up some reading here
: but have to hurry and tell you my
: idea for getting in touch with your
: inner child...as a former K
: teacher...nanny...sunday school
: teacher...surrogate mom to three
: little sisters and a leader in
: educational circles for young
: children.........GO TO A
: KINDERGARTEN CLASS OR
: PRESCHOOL...VOLUNTEER...HELP ON
: PLAYGROUNDS DO ANYTHING YOU CAN TO
: INTERACT WITH YOUNG CHILDREN.....IT
: WILL MELT YOUR ARMOUR...YOU WILL SEE
: THEIR BEAUTY.....THEIR
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: TRUST....FRAGILITY..OPENESS....IMAGINATIONS.....
: AND YOU WILL START YOUR REAL
: GRIEVING......AND YOU WILL WANT TO
: FIND YOUR INNER CHILD......CHILDREN
: ARE SO HEALING TO BE WITH.........I
: went and worked as a nanny to one of
: the wealthiest families in the
: world.....when I was divorced ...it
: healed me....to love a child and
: nourish it and then I had to leave
: because I saw when he was being lost
: to the families disease's.....and
: how powerless I was to protect
: him....I witnesse my family in
: action....money does not buy
: happiness...it just helps people to
: run from themselves...sha sha
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