A therapist friend of mine recommends that I listen to this podcast that she thinks could help me manage the break up with Typepad. Difficult for me right now as I am still in a combattive mode willing to advocate/fight for a change of the decision imposed on us.
At the same time I do admit there are things, including blogs that I could/should let go as I also wish I could let them go into an archive system where they would not be lost and I think that goes for the whole content of so many (yes they still refuse to tell us how many) blogs housed by Typepad. In a Freudian slip? I had first typed Typepast). I copied the inspiring text below, from the presentation of the podcast (you can also get to it via the link)
Partings connote a finality of farewell that signifies completion of a relationship. We may part from a stage of life, depart from home or college, or say farewell to a person, process or project. Partings signify the end of a story that has been told and reached conclusion. The Japanese tale of Princess Moonbeam illustrates the importance of accepting a necessary ending: those who could not do so were turned into statues, fixed in eternal stasis.
The refusal to part or devaluing its importance may indicate a lack of the selfhood necessary to suffer a loss and move into a new, even uncertain, future. Conscious parting honors meaning and connection. It allows us to honor the spring and summer of growth, celebrate autumn’s harvest, and accept the quietude of winter. Ideally, we can embrace the depth of feeling in a farewell and fall upon it willingly and with grace.
—this Jungian life podcast
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