The Examined Life or *Indentities.

One of the values of this workshop is that here, we can safely (as safely as we can we let ourselves be) look at our life, piece by piece. Not the overwhelmingly whole of it, but each "identity" that makes up that whole. These ways of being ourselves have various labels. Some of mine are:
Husband, father, step-father, grandfather, son of a mother, son of a father, grandson to four non-live people, friend, mentor/coach, facilitator, poet, motorcycle rider, worker, non- exerciser, poor eater, drinker, ex-smoker, home-owner, pre-retiree and so on. Each of my "selves" has a "to do" and a "don't do list." My self-talk drives my self- listener crazy. This is a journey into 'self' that I have been on since the beginnings of my own inner work.

So, it is in examining of these various parts of my self that I get to know myself.

My origins, my attachments, my weaknesses, my longings, my coping strategies, my failures and my pain, my prideful-ness, my aspirations my vulnerabilities and my loves. This work is not to attack, demean, diminish, defend, rationalize, make right, or punish myself for what I have done. I will accept total responsibility for all that has come to past, so that I am not victimized by it and so I establish the power to be able to respond from choice in manifesting what I want from my life and how I want my life to become.

It is simply (and NOT so simply) to get to know.. how I got to be.

No judgments, just acceptance.

During our time together there is this invitation for us all to look into how we got to be, an invitation to be accepting and openly receptive to the answers. I will suggest that we personally take responsibility for our life's. When we do, what happens next is up to only us, no one else. This is personal freedom.

To do this, we will need a sanctuary where we will see, here & feel how that part is reacting so that we can choose if that is the response that best servers us. It will start by sharing with the group our "Identities." From there we look to which ones we have in common and which ones seem unique as we share in examining their origins, voices, beliefs, assumption, projections, liabilities, benefits, expressive behaviors and outcomes. Maybe even a few unknowns.

Come join me on a "Journey into Ourselves."
Words By: Dale

*Original idea source: Cheri Huber: Be The Person You Want To Find
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