KarlThomas
I wrote mine. I agree, Mac, useful, and affirming. I even did it in pencil!!
Grizabella said:I think the two most valuable things I've learned from Dan is the emphasis on "it's not about you" and "why do you read?"
The fact that it's not about us ----not about me----actually takes pressure off the reader if you stop and think about it. Because gone is the pressure of "how do I look? what will the sitter think of me? etc. and replacing it is just the earnest desire to be "present" with the sitter and pay close attention to them so as to get the most helpful information from the Universe for them and to relay it in the most sensitive and diplomatic way to the sitter.
I haven't written the three page essay. Has anyone else?
Grizabella said:So what if you screw it up? It's not about you. It's about the sitter.
The way I see it, it's just my job to get up, suit up and show up for whatever it is the Universe/my Higher Power wants me to do that day. As long as I'm willing and do my best to be of service for whatever comes along, then whatever happens is what's supposed to happen. Is that always easy? Heck, no! And I do screw up, but I don't beat myself up about it. I just try to learn from it and do better the next time.
So let me encourage you to get out there and don't worry about screwing up. Sure you will, but that's okay. Really!
Sheri said:What matters is that you are reading for someone.
Sheri