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on the third,  i posted about wishing there could be a therapy group for conflicted old women and then an addendum on 6/5 in response to comments:  "to become a therapy group we would need to be Real time and that's something beyond my reach.  We would also need a facilitator.  We would need to ask the Universe for that."   

on the 6th,  i received an email from Wendy Golden Levett entitled   Gathering around the Well.   She wondered what might become if we gathered on zoom for a Circle of Friends?    she offered to facilitate such a gathering.   Non~judgemental,  confidential,  no cost.      i went back and forth all morning,  reading and reading her mail,  thinking i must have dreamed it. It was as if no less than Carl Jung himself or Marion Woodman herself had appeared.

i have never zoomed.

we have mailed.  And it's true.   She has offered.  

a lot of us know Wendy from Jude's Magic Feather Project.   Know of her oh so tender and Beauty full work with children and textiles in her studio in Toronto.  She is an extremely gifted Jungian therapist who has facilitated women's circles from around the world for over 30 years.   here are some fragments from those emails:

"because Wendy's work values the unconscious world within each of us,  she will Guide us as deeply as each would like to go pertaining to any subject you might be considering to raise in our group.  We can talk about textiles, inner work,  outer work,  health,  spiritual issues,  the earth,  family,  solitude, and other ideas where one is called into relationship."

"It is a group to facilitate a longing, an interest in each of us, to deepen our relationships with other humans,  our precious earth and all the life that pulses and gives us pause…both Joy and Suffering.   Consciousness changes things."

twice now,  typepad has cut me off doing a "security check".   and deleted paragraphs.    I'll finish in morning.

but to  leave….i saw a new kind of lizard today.  Dark but with light outlines along body and legs.  and they lifted their head just enough to show me they have a blue throat…light blue,  but vibrant

email me with thoughts

 

Saturday MORNING,  6/10

i typed that much and already Typepad flashed that security check thing on the screen…..eeeeeeeeeeee     I will remain undaunted.  No te rindas, grace,  ok so

This has all been so spontaneous.  There is hope to begin the first of July.   i have a lot to learn.  Alyssia is my tech person and she and Emrie will be in Michigan at that Grandma Greatgrandma's place for a week.   We will be pushing it.   But it seems important to not hesitate.   

what we will need to do FIRST is find out how many of Us are interested in trying.   Make a List.   and take a survey about Time of day…this will be complicated…We are of such varied time zones,  countries.   and really,  what day of the week.  enough for the moment.   

I'll leave this post up a couple days.  keep adding to it here as thoughts arise.

this is just so amazing to me.   a Threshold.  a Once in a LifeTime Opportunity…that phrase  once in a lifetime taking on a different meaning at 77 years.    I am SOOOOOOO Happy to even be considering this happening…and maybe that's one of the first things i would  "bring to the Well"…..how do i reconcile great personal happiness with the pervasive Angst in this world?

so if you are interested,  please Email me and add any thoughts you might have.  We will form this as We go.  Before i get cut off again,  i'll go for now and come back later today. 

Love and Love and more

 

 

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21 responses to “an Amazement beyond belief, but True”

  1. Liz A Avatar

    what an amazing thing this would be … I’m all in

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  2. Tina Avatar
    Tina

    I’ve also never zoomed but for this I would try and learn. Sending wishes out into the universe really works … wow 😮

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  3. Lace Lady Avatar
    Lace Lady

    “I crave convivial company” is a simple sentence that my beloved Grama and my mother-in-love repeated often, in those few still moments available in the lives of busy women. I checked with Ms. Google to get the straight “skinny” of a definition ~ so here is the Oxford Languages’ take: “of an atmosphere or event) friendly, lively, and enjoyable”. My Mother and an Aunt would have conversations that the “hubbub” couldn’t hear – they themselves called those sessions “laughing and telling stories”. As a young adult, my Mother quietly told me that it was the best way to get to the root of things, and get on with life where one is now”.
    My long-winded way of saying YES! Wow indeed!
    I have limited experience with Zoom, but I truly enjoyed the very first session, and every session has built familiarity with the technology and style ~ other participants have been so generous with assistance. I’ve enjoyed every session. I did purchase “ear buds” for myself (I zoom with my computer) until I have hearing aids, which helped keep me engaged without surrounding noises. ‘Nuf said on that. Yearning for learning, and convivial companionship ~ right on!

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  4. Nancy Avatar

    Absolutely.
    My zoom experience is fairly limited to work meetings…but as long as someone send me the invite, I’ve figured it out. Plus, I’m sure all will be patient with each other as we learn and go.
    Weekends would be when I can join.
    But, most importantly…a huge shout out to Wendy for this offer! What a loving and generous thing to do…and she is the perfect soul to guide a rag-tag group of ragmates.
    Sending both of you and “us” Big Love. xo

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  5. Dana Avatar

    I’ll do it. Good idea Grace, and thanks to Wendy.

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  6. grace Forrest Avatar

    i am SO Glad you are all in…love the phrase

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  7. grace Forrest Avatar

    oh, North Star, …yes. Wow.

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  8. grace Forrest Avatar

    We can learn…Alyssia assures me.

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  9. grace Forrest Avatar

    yearning for learning for Sure. SO Glad you are YES!

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  10. grace Forrest Avatar

    work or otherwise…it’s the same thing…Alyssia assures
    me, no big deal. I trust her.
    and yes…the invite and more words before that
    I am so beyond Glad you can see your way into this…with
    all you have going on. But i think what this Gathering
    will Give will far exceed what it takes.
    it is a priority…the working people, you, Deb G if she’s interested and who else…..

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  11. grace Forrest Avatar

    am SO Glad, Dana…we will benefit greatly from the you that
    knows how to keep going to make the Vision real

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  12. Cynthia Avatar
    Cynthia

    I would love this..gentle day Grace

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  13. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar

    yes, definitely interested
    my Zoom experiences are positive, during covid lockdown (what a long time ago that seems) the first meetings in a new local Art Collective were on Zoom, that’s how I ‘met’ several people.
    however I realise I’m in a completely different time-zone and maybe that would not work for you all, anyway will see

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  14. Victoria Avatar
    Victoria

    I don’t think you need to reconcile your happiness because of all the angst going around everywhere. You have to grab happiness when it appears and just enjoy it!

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  15. grace Forrest Avatar

    Yes, oh, so glad.

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  16. grace Forrest Avatar

    we will try to figure something out. There’s GOT
    to be some time that will work somehow?????

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  17. grace Forrest Avatar

    no..you’re right…what i need to reconcile is my
    stuckness

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  18. kirsten Avatar
    kirsten

    grace — what a wonderful offering of opportunity from wendy. since you first wrote this: “for old women who always wanted to become something. An artist, a writer. A formal Student of the Universe and never did. old women who DID become mothers, grandmothers and then, if lucky, great grandmothers. While still harboring the urge. and so, never quite giving their all. just their some.”
    this writing really resonated with me. next month i turn 70! (when did that happen) and have thought greatly about my wanting to become something. growing up and in high school i was drawn to art and theatre but both were greatly discouraged by my parents. and after awhile I felt like my opportunities were gone.
    i rarely comment as i often don’t know what to say and see other comments as more eloquent than I can. if possible i would love to attend.

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  19. grace Forrest Avatar

    oh, YES. So Glad you want to…you will offer so much
    and also…this will let Us Celebrate your birth day with you. You are entering such a potent time of a lifetime…
    so so glad you are Here

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  20. Saskia van Herwaarden Avatar

    hahahaha, maybe….
    I have to say the early light has me up early too, the long evenings might work out as well, or I might just skip a regular night’s sleep

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