Spiritual Direction part 2
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 15:46 | rlp
This was the location of part two of this story. The whole story can now be read here.
I left this location in place to preserve the comments.
Faith Stories: a retreat for anyone
Tue, 04/07/2009 - 15:46 | rlp
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Spiritual Direction Part 2
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you *are* getting close to the bone.
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real
so real
painfully real
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ooooh. that feels good.
Um -- yeah.
What Sean said.
Me Three
I'm gonna have to go with Sean and Satch on this.
And you three know why kind
And you three know why kind words from you is a whole other level of affirmation for me. Thanks.
Wish I knew where the hell this is going. Wish I knew how much of it is me working out my own shit. But i don't know either of those things. And I don't have to. I just have to listen and write. Keeping it simple.
This is very interesting to
This is very interesting to see unfold. The Foy stories have always been my favorite from your writing.
There's something about the way he feels and interacts with people that I identify strongly with. Like I can emulate a healthy relationship, but the internal emotions just aren't working.
Very curious how things with this other person (friend? therapist?) turn out. And with Suzanne.
Now we're getting somewhere!
Now we're getting somewhere! Three cheers for a good spiritual director!
Yes, and she is an atheist,
Yes, and she is an atheist, which makes things even more interesting, because yes this is Spiritual direction. Reference to her beliefs in the last time she and Foy spoke. Toward the end.
http://reallivepreacher.com/node/118
She's an interesting woman. I have in my mind more about her. But I think it's better to let it unfold.
Reality
Thank you, Gordon, for this courageous and bluntly honest piece. I agree with Spidey, and can't say it better than Sean. Peace to you.
A little thing I like
I'll tell you something I like about these exchanges - it's just a nice little observation that you've made that really brings Foy to life: I've just noticed how many times he's like "yeah, yeah, I KNOW that, I know where you're going with this, I'd have said that myself" sort of thing. It's cool, because it shows how much of this spiritual direction stuff he's done himself, and - as we all find out when the counselling tables are turned - how little of his own advice he's listened to! And how being counselled when you're used to being a counsellor has its own dynamic, in both helpful and unhelpful ways.
It's not a big thing, but, as I say, it brings him to life. Which is nice.
Keep it up, chap.
dang.
I don't have anything insightful to add to this. Just that you've found a way to tug at the heart/soul/psyche strings, and that stretching is probably a good thing to face up to. (Thanks, and staying tuned for part 3.)