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<blockquote data-quote="Copabanana" data-source="post: 719406" data-attributes="member: 18958"><p>He will find his way. Who knows? This time in his life may propel him to dig down deep and reach out to define himself profoundly. This might be the fork in the road. To a place that heretofore was inconceivable.</p><p></p><p>Let me share two activities I do that I believe are giving me tools to understand life and live it. The first is spiritual direction. I am a Jew so I speak to a rabbi who is trained to support my opening to g-d in my life and to acknowledge and manifest the person I was born to be.</p><p></p><p>There is spiritual direction in every faith.</p><p></p><p>Another thing I do is brazilian jiu jitsu. That and capoiera are gentle martial arts based upon codes of living, and relating to ones life. Lest one think it is for the fit, my teacher has a student (an adolescent) who had open heart surgery. And one who is a paraplegic. I myself feel like the oldest living novice. Which may be a true thing.</p><p></p><p>The thing is this. There are pathways to become whole. Being broken open is not always only a bad thing. Depending on the path taken. It is finding what engages him and gives solace.</p><p></p><p>As somebody who is in the medical/mental health field, I am not finding what I seek in the main, in psychology. Expressive arts--drawing, painting, dance....any of these could give expression to what he feels, bring him to a meditative plane and teach him a way to be in himself and the world. There are expressive arts therapists who work in various media.</p><p></p><p>There are activities for each of us to come into balance. And with that I might come into better relationship with those I love.</p><p></p><p>How grateful and happy you sound. His mother and you must be spent by all this. Even through the ether it has been scary. </p><p></p><p>Such wonderful news.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Copabanana, post: 719406, member: 18958"] He will find his way. Who knows? This time in his life may propel him to dig down deep and reach out to define himself profoundly. This might be the fork in the road. To a place that heretofore was inconceivable. Let me share two activities I do that I believe are giving me tools to understand life and live it. The first is spiritual direction. I am a Jew so I speak to a rabbi who is trained to support my opening to g-d in my life and to acknowledge and manifest the person I was born to be. There is spiritual direction in every faith. Another thing I do is brazilian jiu jitsu. That and capoiera are gentle martial arts based upon codes of living, and relating to ones life. Lest one think it is for the fit, my teacher has a student (an adolescent) who had open heart surgery. And one who is a paraplegic. I myself feel like the oldest living novice. Which may be a true thing. The thing is this. There are pathways to become whole. Being broken open is not always only a bad thing. Depending on the path taken. It is finding what engages him and gives solace. As somebody who is in the medical/mental health field, I am not finding what I seek in the main, in psychology. Expressive arts--drawing, painting, dance....any of these could give expression to what he feels, bring him to a meditative plane and teach him a way to be in himself and the world. There are expressive arts therapists who work in various media. There are activities for each of us to come into balance. And with that I might come into better relationship with those I love. How grateful and happy you sound. His mother and you must be spent by all this. Even through the ether it has been scary. Such wonderful news. [/QUOTE]
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