my captive counselor

counseling class involves many fun activities designed to turn your life upside down inside out and round and round :D

one of this is getting your very own counselor from the company of classmates. and you, too, serve as another classmate's counselor.

in full amusement

last night i had my very first session with my very own counselor.

we started in the only way trained counselors can start i think, "so how are you? how have you been?"

but, no.

i thought, no need for the niceties, for "playing footsie" till "we make a connection." i have long ago decided that i like her hehehe.

so i plunged right in and went full steam ahead. like a little steamboat that's pushed into the water and immediately chugs at a very fast pace to her destination.

hehehehe!

thanks, angel.

counseling, what?

my classmate asked, so is counseling something like feeling your way around your client?

teacher said, no. it's making a connection.

when you've only been making footsie, rather, simply playing games, the counseling leaves you with an unsatisfied feeling, and you sense the counselee is only being polite to you.

but when you have made a connection, and the counselee is able to unburden what is inside of her, secure that you are able to receive her, the session leaves her feeling lighter.

and you the counselor, because you know what makes you you, and are open to receiving/ knowing what makes another unique, your insides so too moved/ shifted in tune with that of your counselee. but without all of that threatening your sense of who you are, because you are secure in your knowledge of yourself.

a bit like life
so cool, no?

we can also only listen, fully receive/ be open to another (friends, family, loved ones) when we are aware of who we are, and where we are in our "process," so our presence is not threated by another's unique experience of life.

of course we also meet those whose experiences and personas "threaten" us, which then fully alerts us to our own issues within our lives.

the universe is kind that way :)