Relationship:
A wise graduate school professor once told me that people
are hurt through relationship and therefore must be healed by relationship. I have based a lot of my understanding of
people, counseling and caring for others through this thought. We are relational creatures who need care and
support from those around us…healing through relationship. Imagine a world where we mean it when we ask
how one another are doing and spend time to listen to the answer.
Last weekend I went and saw The Silver Linings Playbook
starring Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence.
I chose it initially because they are two of my faves (hello Bradley’s
blue eyes!) but it turned out to be much different that I expected. It told the story of two characters who
suffered from symptoms of mental illness that other people did not
understand. Both characters had been
hurt through relationship… feeling broken and in need of healing. Those around them didn’t know how to help,
although they tried but it was once they started helping each other that they
started to become more whole. The cracks
in their hearts began to come back together and I teared up watching hope return
to their lives. A life without hope has
no where to go, but once hope returns so much more is possible.
I know that I read too much into this story, but sometimes
that is what makes movies great. We can
watch a story line but allow it to speak to us and remind us of something from
our past. I loved being reminded of the
relational aspect of human beings. The
need to be cared for but also the need to care for others….that is what I
reflect on over my oatmeal this Monday morning.
I hope that each of you feel cared for this morning and that you have at
least one go-to person when you need to feel more whole… whether that be someone
to dance with in the living room to music that is too loud, eating an entire
pint of ice cream or finding something to laugh out loud about… find what helps
heal your heart and be brave enough to ask for it. You are worth it.
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