[blockquote source=”Elizabeth Gilbert”]“I’m here. I love you. I don’t care if you need to stay up crying all night long, I will stay with you. There’s nothing you can ever do to lose my love. I will protect you until you die, and after your death I will still protect you. I am stronger than Depression and I am braver than Loneliness and nothing will ever exhaust me.”[/blockquote]
I love this short film which was developed by the doctors and caregivers at The Cleveland Clinic. Its intention is to guide us to look into the many faces we see in each day, such that we might see…really see…the human standing before us.
“Our lives intersect with others all day, everyday. Sometimes we know these other lives well; frequently, though, the points of connection are brief and transient. Who are these people? How might they tell their own stories? What thoughts preoccupy their minds? What joys and troubles are coursing through their feelings? This short film, reminds us that empathy is our tool for beginning to know these things. It asks the question: If we could catch a glimpse of others’ stories, would we treat them differently”
This film really resonates with me, and in so many different ways. So much so, that I wanted to share it with you here today.
My dears, so often we fall victim to the story behind our emotions. And, as our attention shifts we can feel this change – a desperate narrowing of our previously unbridled soul. It’s a falling inward, of sorts…
But, we all have a story to share. And our stories are what serve to connect us.
My hope for this day is that we may all pause just long enough to consider life outside the confines of our own racing brains—so that we may, in some small way, embrace the stories of others.
I have learned well this past year, that in order to really heal—there needs to be an inseparable connection between body, mind and soul.
Namaste, and much love this day.
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