Oh, dear virtual community...I had such a challenging experience this week! There I was, facilitating some learning and listening to coaches role play, and I heard SOMETHING. Something that made my toes curl and my blood boil. And felt super triggered. I almost blurted out my thoughts, my opinion, my Truth. I felt sad and confused. And then I wanted to shut down, walk out, be done-with-it. All within less than a minute. And then I remembered what I really believe: You have to meet people where they are. Everyone has been on their own journey that I may not know about. Beliefs are beliefs because of the experience that someone has had and how theyve made sense of it. And I returned, quickly, to my core value of compassion. I took some deep breaths and felt the tightening around my mind loosen. I share this with you because I want you to know: I still get triggered! I felt overwhelmed by what Id heard because at its core were dealing with overwhelming stuff in the world (racism, in this case). What really helped me most was the intention Id set at the beginning of the meeting: I want to meet each moment fully present, and I want to meet each moment as a friend. This echoed back through my mind in that tight moment, and I turned toward the situation as a friend. Were on this journey together...
Posted on: Fri, 10 Oct 2014 22:23:00 +0000
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