Reflection

Tons of annonymous good deeds - it's easy when I'm out and about. Folded untidy piles of clothes at a store when no one was looking, picked up trash, a student had her notebooks and belongings scattered (kicked about) all over the hallway after the rush and I picked up the pieces and set it in a nice neat pile by the wall (everyone was in class). I notice I am more mindful of what's around me and one annonymous good deed follows another with ease. Somethings become an everyday occurence, picking up trash, letting others cut into traffic.

I can see why acknowledgment is easiest with those who serve, because that's just a given. I continue to acknowledge the student as an individual and the class as a whole along with.

Yes I can totally see what I say as noise and I notice that however I word my advice (through my experience) triggers the need for the recipient to give advice, and I in turn get to hear that as noise - kinda like a ping pong effect. I created my own noise today in running my racket about making someone wrong and it left me feeling powerless and empty. My daughter, Nina, acknowledged all the cool things about the situation and I was completely enrolled. It's wonderful to have that created for me, restorative and aaaaaaaaah.

Breaking recurring conversations is something I am aware of this week. Things that come up over and over again, I can release and let go, notice what is, and elect to play with conversation that breaks the pattern with a clearing for something fresh, different, or a moment for reflection. It leaves me and the other in a space of "choice."