Recently a guy in my one of my teleclasses mentioned
the Showtime hit, “Dexter.”
Apparently, Dexter is a serial killer who only kills “bad”
guys…so the audience finds themselves rooting for him.
Which, of course, makes me think of the “serial killing”
we do in our minds…especially around the subject of
food…but in other areas, too…money, sex, body image.
For some reason, we try not to direct our most vicious
thoughts toward others…at least we try not to let such
“nasty” stuff pop up into our awareness.
But when it comes to ourselves, the attacks aren’t just
every now and then…or once a week like a TV show.
The things we do to ourselves, in our minds, make Dexter
seem like a saint. We annihilate ourselves with a ferocity
and mercilessness we’d NEVER inflict on anyone else.
If we don’t do something “right,” we just get meaner
with ourselves…innocently believing it will help.
The greatest gift I can help you find…is treating yourself
with infinite care and exquisite gentleness and patience.
Which melts even our most icy, hard-hearted places…and then
extends outward to those around us as naturally and without
effort as opening your eyes in the morning…or enjoying
the warm kiss of the sun peeking out from behind a cloud,
or a delectable bite and fragrance of our favorite childhood food.
It’s the greatest gift I’ve ever been given after all those
years of trying to fix myself and be better and be worthy.
Natural…effortless…”being” lived.
To glimpse the gratefulness of this reality is available to all
of us and expands with questioning our minds…
…little-by-little into a life without suffering.
…which is our birthright.
Love,
Grace
P.S. An amazing woman in my “business” teleclass recently
said she was looking to join a group and just happened to
find me on the Byron Katie website.
She said it didn’t matter what group, she knew that
working on her thinking in ANY area, would spill over
into every other.
And that’s what happened. Suddenly, working on
her business became the perfect thing to do.
So take a look at what’s coming up next. My
in-person Seattle workshop about food, weight, body image,
(and trying to make sense of all that) is the Friday
evening and weekend of January 13.
It’s followed up by my 8-week telegroup on the same
subject on Jan. 17. This telegroup is open to you whether
you attend to in-person workshop or not.
Then 2 days later, the 8-week “Sexuality” telegroup
starts on Jan. 19th. It’s called:
Our Wonderful SEXUALITY: Untangling the Passion, Attraction,
Love, Fear, Confusion, Tenderness, and Joyful Intimacy
Dates, times and cost are all at my website (which I’m working
on so be a little patient if there are a few glitches).
The homepage link is: www.workwithgrace.com
P.P.S. I encourage you to forward this e-mail to a friend
or family member…someone who’s suffering…someone who
you think might enjoy hearing from me…or just someone you’d like to
join you on your journey…who you’d like to share in
this amazing adventure. Thanks so much.
“Thank you so much for another great class today. I’m just getting so much out of every week’s class and all the Work it’s inspiring in between”—-Jennifer, Ontario