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TAGS BALANCE PARALLELS REFLECTIONS VULNERABILITY

The world has been like a kind of gigantic seesaw for some time, lacking balance in every aspect, governments fluctuate, rise and fall often doing things to bolster their own perceived credibility but which cause more worry for the most vulnerable persons in our countries.

It is good to know and reflect on these matters sometimes, not to depress ourselves, but to set our environment and all the happenings within it in context. The world exists and rolls on within a parallel process, and without realising it we ourselves parallel with it, and life rises and falls with it.

What of it you may ask? Well the thing is you see we need to consider , and have knowledge of our base, and use it to form a framework for our daily living, such a way of being allows one to hold and contain oneself, and others, in a steady and balanced way, as opposed to seesawing along allowing ourselves to be buffeted about with the trials of daily living.

I remember as a young child starting school I found it hard to master a technique for managing in the playground, but fortunately for me I had an older brother to stand up for me and chase the bullies away. In many ways life is a playground but such a metaphor does not really shape a notion of a safe and steady place to work from.

Have you ever been on a seesaw when someone much bigger than you jumps on the other end, and, rather than soaring up you find yourself trailing on the ground, and then the bully jumps off and goes off sneering at you., and you are left feeling humiliated and fall back onto the ground.

Having courage and trust is essential for moving on in recovery but there is so much more to creating a supportive framework for our living in this seriously unbalanced world.

A good question to ask is, what is going on here? and to examine the ins and outs of whats happening, it is in this way we may find a balance which can support our thinking and help us not to be overwhelmed and lose sight of positive choices we can make.

Imagine, if you will see the seesaw image again only this time a boy races to the scene and jumps on with the small child balancing the structure and defeating the bullying tactics of the large child.

So it is within us, to walk in a healthy and recovering framework we need balance which is central to safety, and maintaining our courage and trust.

ADD NEW RESOURCES TO YOUR COPING SKILLS TODAY.