Is this anything?

I have Jerry in my head

I’ve been listening to Jerry Seinfeld read his book - Is This Anything.

Yesterday, I was writing as though I was writing a stand up routine. It was fun to play with those rhythms.

I also mentioned an axe grinding workshop and wrote briefly on forgiveness. The stories we have in our head around forgiveness frequently have a lot to do with physical / somatic cues from our body. Or, we get physical sensations attached to the story we have around the thing / time we were hurt.

Psychologist Janis A Spring wrote ‘How Can I Forgive You?’ In it she suggests that forgiveness is dependent upon the other party making amends. She discusses this most specifically within the concepts of extramarital affairs. The bigger the hurt, the more important any efforts to reparations. She suggests that sometimes we can accept, allow and even forget. Forgiveness however can take more time.

When looking at inter-generational trauma? The work to heal takes time. Lots of it. In the mean time what do we do? (for thi…