Archive for December 2010

Pat remarked that anorexia is a control thing — the anorexic derives pleasure from being in control, in this case control of food intake. To this I responded, “In the absence of love we choose control.”

This is what my journey of late has felt like — the fear and trembling part. Not an anxiety kind of fear (though that too at times) but more like a force exploding from within.

I seemed always to have a great deal of trepidation, especially of leading, or rather, helping to lead work scenes of emotional processing.

At first the closing words of this lecture, “Be Your God. Be the Christ,” sound blasphemous.

… I left this Christ-in-Christmas story as part of a bigger issue for me, namely, “Gary, just who is this Jesus Christ in your life?”