Jan. 11th, 2006

lobolance: (My Boots)
ARIES (March 21-April 19): At New York's Museum of Modern Art, I
brought my face to within a few inches of Vincent van Gogh's painting,
"The Starry Night." It looked delicious. I wanted to kiss it. Its stars were
throbbing and voluptuous. The night sky shimmered with currents of
spiraling energy. In the foreground, the cypress tree flared like a shadowy
flame. I could also see that the artist had been less than thorough in
applying his paint. Especially on the edges, but also in the middle of the
painting, slivers of untouched canvas showed through. Fierce, innocent,
nourishing, reckless, unfinished, this priceless work drank my attention for
a long time, constantly refreshing my eyes with what seemed to be its
ceaseless movement. It was exactly what I wish you to be like in the
coming week, Aries.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): Hundreds of years ago, the Roman Catholic
Church conjured up the concept of "Limbo." It was supposedly a murky
realm between heaven and hell that housed the souls of babies who died
before they were baptized and righteous people who lived before the time
of Christ. Later "limbo" also came to have a non-religious meaning,
referring to the state of uncertainty experienced by a person who is
waiting for a resolution or decision. Last November, the Church formally
retired the concept of Limbo, declaring it to be an outmoded hypothesis
that should be hereafter ignored. In the coming weeks, Taurus, you will
have an excellent opportunity to escape your own personal version of
limbo. It's time to declare yourself a master of the torturous lessons you
were called on to learn while stranded there.
lobolance: (Default)
mostly posting these links so I can find them again, but if anyone else is interested...

http://www.nfnc.org/docs/marshall.html

... I'd come across references to Jackal and Giraffe, so here they are explained. I think this article is aimed at parents. In any case I like the way he goes into being in the present, wanting others to choose something of their own free will (and providing the opportunity for that), and owning one's owns wants (which lead to feelings).

"Giraffes say what they do want; rather than what they don't want."

This page also talks some about responding to hearing "no", which seems rather inevitable

Another quote, which I still need to work on: "Once you've learned to hear the heart behind any message, you
discover that there's nothing to fear in anything another person says."

It's interesting to think about all of this in terms of D/s relationships, too.

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http://www.talkinghearts.com/HEART_TALK/QUESTIONS_and__ANSWERS/Compassionate-Communication.html

this one has a reasonable response to dealing with someone who's really emotional.



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http://www.talkinghearts.com/HEART_TALK/QUESTIONS_and__ANSWERS/Handling_a_Partner_s_Criticism/handling_a_partner_s_criticism.html

this one is about dealing with criticism.

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