Today I attended my 2nd and last day at the Progoff Intensive Journaling workshop. I learned how to keep a very structured journal for deeper self exploration than you would get from a daily journal. Upon arrival I received a notebook with lots of colored divided sections.
We did lots of great exercises during the weekend, the most powerful for me was a dialogue exercise with someone I consider wise. I chose someone from church who was likely at the 11:00 service at the moment, but no matter since I was only writing what I imagined they might say. Still, it was extremely powerful! I think what this exercise really helps you do is get in touch with the wisest part of yourself.
Day 7 of The Magic is all about negativity. One of the last suggestions that Rhonda leaves us with is to try to get through the day without saying anything negative. I only made it until about dinner time, so I'll have a do over tomorrow!
The other exercise is to look at a negative situation in your life and think of ten reasons you're grateful for it. I chose a time when an acquaintance lied about what I had said. It was scary because I could have potentially lost my job and it may have damaged my reputation with others outside of the company. Luckily I had taken great notes during our meetings, and a coworker was there as well. Still it was very disturbing at the time and I still have some leftover anger about the situation. Writing out my list was difficult, but a great chance to look for something positive about it and the woman involved.
Recently Beyond Words published Unconditional Forgiveness by Mary Hayes Grieco. She uses an eight step process to help heal painful emotional issues once and for all. Luckily for me, the wonderful author was in town a few weeks ago and did a forgiveness workshop at my church so the steps are still fresh in my mind. And I am blessed that another friend who was also hurt by this woman is eager to go through the eight step process with me. It will be a relief for both of us since it happened several years ago and we're both still hurt and angry!
I am so grateful that I work for a company that publishes such important works. Gratitude and forgiveness are two of the most powerful skills one can have and I'm pleased that I have such rich opportunities to learn from two very wise women.
But now I'm skipping ahead, I do believe that gratitude for work is the subject tomorrow.
Cheers dears!
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