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 idlife is a time of reassessment
and rebirth. Physical, psychological, and spiritual issues
come up and demand to be seen and heard. Examine what’s
truly important and eliminate what no longer serves you.
Life Themes
Life Themes
by Sue Meyn
Do you have a sense of a theme that travels throughout your
life? Sometimes there will be a special interest that seems
to follow us around---or more often an annoying and troublesome
experience that repeats itself over and over again.
I discovered one of my themes as I was leading a journaling
class this week. I asked the class to do "Steppingstones",
the technique by Ira Progoff that asks us to identify major
life events, beginning with "I was born." I asked
the group to consider their relationship to health and to
make their steppingstones according to their experiences
of health throughout their lives. You may want to do that
yourself.
What I remembered, in doing the exercise myself, was my
long time relationship to preventative medicine. Even as
early as age six I was involved in a program of modern medical
miracles---I was among the first 1000 children to receive
Jonas Salks polio vaccine. Dr. Salk himself gave me my shot,
as I recall. We continued as part of that testing program
for ten years getting blood tests (yuck) with regularity.
That, along with my Dr. father and his office in our house
must have had considerable impact upon me. I cant say that
the theme is a surprise to me, but the idea that it all
began so much earlier than I realized was a surprise.
What are your life themes? How do you feel about them
or about the people that have been part of them? As I second
part of this exercise I would suggest that you make a short
list of all the people that you can think of who are linked
to your special theme. Then pick one of them. Take some
time as you remember this special person and the influence
they had upon you. Give yourself some time to write a brief
description of your influential friend---and take some time
to that them.
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