Individuation

    ah yes.....    mom changes position!   advocate, always.  advisor, stepped back a bit.  the process? Individuation!

we go through it....again and again!  welcome to adulthood guys!~  my guy, sam  gets 21 soon.  away from home. Oh well.  he will be back as we ....officially....give thanks.  Glad for that.  We went to New York City last weekend....to celebrate!  3 moms, 3 girls, 2 birthdays....lots of love and memories

Why does it seem new each turn of the wheel?   so....thanks for kids!  as they mature, we remember! 

http://www.psychoideology.com/The-Hero%27s-Journey.html   Carl Jung formulated our current, western formulation.

It is  The hero's journey.  let's begin!   seeing the Met museum of art with many young friends last weekend....lovely time!  

primitive Greek urns.....   not so remarkable.  not unlike much native American art, and others.  geometrical, nice.  about 700 BCE   

THEN.....the jump!  starting around 500 BCE  -    the uniqueness of each individual came out!  you would recognize them today, if you saw them.  VERY different!

the difference?  the HERO! 

 it was the axial age, the convergence of many lives....where men were willing to 'fight the gods'  or the paradigms of their day, for what they knew to be true.  Perhaps they thought something like this...

 ⁷And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.

 ⁸Finally, brethren, whatsoever things are true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these things.

 ⁹Those things, which ye have both learned, and received, and heard, and seen in me, do: and the God of peace shall be with you. (Philippians 4:7-9, King James Version)

Somehow, we began to think.  About EACH OTHER!  and kindness.  And it became worth it....to steal fire from the 'gods'....not in arroagance  But in Love....so the people wouldn't be afraid of the dark, and wouldn't be cold in the night.  amazing. 

And we found they were NOT gods, but saw divinity in each other

saw him too, at Rockefeller center!   amen and aju!

Foundation of Faith, the journey

Foundation of Substance, the reason for the journey

Currently Joseph Campbell - The Hero's Journey By Joseph Campbell (III), Jean Erdman, George Lucas, Peter Donat see related

vetrans day....thank you

Currently Tora! Tora! Tora! (Two-Disc Collector's Edition) By Martin Balsam, Sô Yamamura, Jason Robards, Joseph Cotten, Tatsuya Mihashi see related

Wonderful weekend.....

Life meets Art!

So....we needed to collect some money, and hubby decided Let's go just us! 

This is an anomaly, as we love our kids and usually they come along.  But they are busy.  So...off we went.  Found a lovely place by the ocean....found a lovely Chinese Buffet ~  my husband's dream.  He had agreed to see the movie, "Couples Retreat"  

Martians and Venusians speak different languages! sooo....you need to get them to look you in the eye to ensure that they HEAR you! 

Sure enough, we stopped at two extra places to check prices ...as I was reminding of the time for the movie.....  oh yes, he said.  Then when we finally checked into the one we had decided on....he said...."what movie?" 

I took him by the hand, and reminded him....and we went!  It was funny, light, romantic AND actually had some solid marriage advice in it.  Really nice for couples.

ha ha ....nice!

Thanks Jesse!  my friend gave me these lovely Ecuadorean pearls.  Lovely!   really appreciate.

and just a note about LAST weekend! 

Currently Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus: The Classic Guide to Understanding the Opposite Sex By John Gray see related

freedom! conservation from the workers

reconciled by the light

a new book.....reconciled by the light;  about the unthikable.  Teen suicide.  hard to say.
 

"There is a saying - Grief shared is halved and joy shared is doubled. Your story together with Josh's has the power to heal that grief."  ~

Patricia Titus, RN, Duke University Hospital

Glad my friends could do this;  the grief work is similar to trauma work, just a bit different. 
But the healing is the same;  profound. 

We live in the spiritual world NOW ~
Now is the time to prepare for out eternal life.
let's start by listening to one another;  living for one another.
it takes skills we need to learn, and we CAN~!