Although my brain has too many tabs open, I found a definite comfort in all the reading. Fear tried to sneak in and convince me that I couldn’t get it all done, but I did it! This blog feels a bit scattered too.

Fear also snuck in as perfectionism tried to keep me from wrapping my head around the DMP. I have not received feedback yet, but feel that it was a beautiful exercise in pulling the verities together for me. It seemed to flow.

A bonus to everything was that I really started to get organized not only my MKE material, but also my Color Code handouts.

I must admit that I have tried to control everything for as long as I can remember. You can guess how that went. So this is a stretch for me to reprogram all of that. I definitely believe that power, the omnipresence is there, I just need a little practice listening.

My 15-30 minute sit stills go great in the morning, but by evening I am fidgety and struggle with stillness. I will get there.

I found it interesting how Og Mandino pointed out in The Greatest Salesman in the World (p. 53) that experience is really not that helpful. It takes too long to accumulate and then may be helpful one day but then not so much later.

Part of me considered experience one of my strengths as it seemed I was able to relate to people because of my diverse life… BUT, at some level I thought that made me interesting. And that is not the goal here. I blame nursing school from many years ago, but It stuck with me.

The psycho-social training was about sharing commonalities with the patient to create a rapport. From my interpretation of all of that, it was less about listening and more about sharing. Unfortunately, that technique has been with me ever since. I am ecstatic to say that I am happy to be aware of that so I can choose from now on to be in the moment.

I have not completed my DESIRE statement yet, but I am having trouble stating what I am going to give in return. It seems that there are many ways I can give back in service. I will figure it out.