I have had the opportunity this summer to clear out a lot of 'stuff' that has been stored away - both literally and figuratively. I refer to it as 'taking inventory'. I just came across something written most likely within the last three years. I read once that when a person is motivated to 'write' and express their feelings and or experience in words, it is because at least one other person would enjoy reading it (or something like that). So with that in mind (and because in my adult life, 'caring about teenagers' seems to have remained a constant) I want to share what was written - in the way it was written at the time:
Hey Teen. I like you and I find you compelling. Sometimes I just want to sit with you, hold you, and wish away a cruel world with you. That feeling doesn't last. I begin to recognize your strength...the resiliency that is inside of you. I gain confidence as I remember the strength of a human being. I get excited as I dream of ways to pull it out of you. Sometimes you're so down, so defeated, so stuck in darkness - you repel the healing energy that's available. I know you'll find a way. Sometimes you are so stuck in the external that it's difficult to reach you. I know you're there. Sometimes you have come to depend on external things that are more than just thoughts and ideas...and you get involved with things that mess with your natural chemistry. I sit with you and I look for you - no one is home. I sense you coming home eventually. Other times as I sit with you I recognize a face that wants me to know the answers...that wants me to make sense of what you cannot.
Let's feel life together. When we feel life instead of think life something happens. I love you. I notice you. I am you. And you are me. In unity we find charity.
"Nature never forces anything to grow...but is silently and visibly present."
"An infinite supply of all you will ever need is available to you...require less and welcome all that shows up."
"When the blinds are shut, sunlight cannot come in."
"Create an environment that allows persons to connect with their nature...their true essence...then comes laughter, creative thinking, encouragement, and support."
