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Alex & Her Guardian Tree Bess

Jeg kunne ikke udtrykke mig bedre selv, Alex rammer pletskud med at sige, at vores egen frygt og vores ukontrollerbar selvopfattelse, gør vi pludseligt stå i mudder til knæene i et dybt hul og ikke aner hvordan, vi skal komme op igen. Lammet af vores manglende tillid til vores egne evner. Som Alex, er jeg selv af den opfattelse, vi får mønsteret fra vores barndom, forældre og samfund. Det vi blev forledt til at tro, at en fejl eller en fiasko, skal vægtes tungere end en succes, i balancen af vores selvværd. Min egen datter, forsvandt i 2013, skilsmissebarn efter 15 år i et helvede for os begge. Med en fejlslået tilgang, lykkes det mig ikke som far og forældre, at skabe den balance, så vi kunne finde sammen på et neutralt sted i denne 3D Matrix af illusion. Min datter levede i et frygtsom underdanig miljø; det er svært at kæmpe imod moderens had, følelsesløs manglende empatisk evner, psykopatiske træk samt, at blive præget af narcissistiske dominerende mødre. Vi er på vej ind i en ny tid, vores smuldrende paradigmer forsvinder og de nye energier dukker op. Det er op til vores egen "mastery", at anerkende, vi har et valg, om vi ønsker at forevige denne sædvanlige rolle, eller ændre det til noget nyt og positivt.

(GAOG) The other night, I was watching a movie with my husband after shoveling out from the snow storm. We were both exhausted from our physical labor and wanted something light to watch.

We settled on the movie, The Replacements with Gene Hackman as the coach chosen to lead a team of strike-breaking football players, and Keanu Reeves as the Quarterback. I assure you, your need to know about American Football will be limited and I will get to the point quickly, but it’s really amazing how insights can be triggered by the most unlikely things.

The coach asks this band of misfit players what they fear, and after some comedic asides Reeves mentions quicksand. The coach asks him to explain what he means, and what the quarterback explains really struck me as something many are experiencing right now.

Quicksand occurs when everything seems to be going well and then one difficult thing happens, and then another, and pretty soon you are sucked under and paralyzed with the feeling of fear and the belief that you can’t do anything.

His explanation and the knowing nods of his team mates made me think of my own life and how many times I have felt this way. Most people probably have as well. At this time of intense change, increasing energy and crumbling paradigms, any additional challenge can push us easily into overwhelm mode.

Sometimes we do not even realize we are at that point until we feel the intense stress and tension within our bodies. We then wonder how we unconsciously got into this deep hole, and how the heck are we going to get out of it. We see what appears to be an overwhelming challenge, and we wonder if we are up to the task.

Part of the issue, for me, used to reside in a lack of confidence in my own abilities. We seem to remember, as big as a skyscraper, the times we have failed; but if we piled up all the times we have succeeded, the pile would reach to the moon and back.

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