Rain, Rain, Go Away!

Dear Reader,

And, yes, please do come back another day. Here in the eastern part of Texas, we’ve had a lot of rain in the past few days. A lot of rain! I’m happy to report that my home and family are just fine.

Many others are not doing so well. You’d think we’d be used to the flooding here in Texas, and that we’d figure out a better way to manage these downpours. It’s a complicated thing that I can’t begin to understand. But in the last several years it seems to be happening more often and more severely.

As I look at my backyard and its puddles, I appreciate living in a spot that doesn’t flood so easily. I appreciate electricity, air conditioning—and dry towels, dry furniture, dry clothes. And as I write this I recall the smell of flooded neighborhoods. Ugh! Not good!

So, why do I share all this? Perhaps for me; perhaps for you. It’s an opportunity to appreciate the big and small things that we like about our lives. And it’s an opportunity to have compassion for others. Whether their homes have flooded, or they’re in pain, or they’re heartbroken for some other reason, let’s share compassion. We may or may not look fine, but we all have some baggage that we’re carrying.

Which reminds me of a story. One of my favorite people lived in a home that flooded. Being a cheery, compassionate person, she went out and helped others bail out their homes. After all, her house only had eighteen inches of water.

A few weeks later, as her home was being restored, she had concrete floors and construction materials all around. Being a community volunteer, she went to a meeting—she was chairing an upcoming event. She dressed up in her business outfit, and off she went. Eighteen inches of water, concrete floors and construction notwithstanding, she was going to honor her obligations. She arrived at the meeting, got out of the car and noticed, she was wearing a very nice business suit and tennis shoes.

When things are “normal” we take for granted that we’re going to wear the appropriate shoes. When things aren’t so normal, it takes more effort than we might anticipate to get on with business as usual. Let’s give ourselves and others a bit of compassion, the benefit of the doubt. Who knows what’s really going on.

As we normally do—pun intended—we have our Tuesday online Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement lesson and it’s Free/Pay as You Wish.

If you’re interested in working with me individually, through Coaching or private Feldenkrais lessons, please Book an Appointment or reply to this email, and we’ll arrange for a time to connect.

Please watch for my summer offerings at the Jung Center of Houston: a Feldenkrais Mini-retreat and a Felt Around the Ball workshop—dates, times, and registration information coming soon.