Delighting the Human Spirit

‎"We do not believe in ourselves until someone reveals that deep inside us is valuable, worth listening to, worthy of our trust, sacred to our touch. Once we believe in ourselves we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight or any experience that reveals the human spirit." ~ e.e. cummings

Do you have someone who believes in you? I mean really believes in you--in all that you can do, and all the potential you have? If you do, count your blessings because not everyone does.

Hopefully you will have had enough people who believe in you that you believe in yourself. I am lucky to have people who have helped me believe in myself, who have helped me know that I am worthy, I am valuable, I am good, I am sacred. This has allowed me to risk and to wonder and to delight.

Today I went to a workshop that focused on helping traumatized learners. Schools can be guilty of re-traumatizing children. I loved this perspective:

Instead of asking what is wrong with this student, ask what has happened to this student? It will make a world of difference. We should practice that often.

Peace,

Suzanne