Sorry about the delay of this reply.

You have a good point about just sitting with a person — I have had many moments where I felt that the best thing to say was nothing. Words seem to cheapen the depth of our feelings somehow.

ari

Thanks for making me think! G.

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You’re being a good mommy to your son! He’ll thank you — if not now, later.

ari

Glad to see this post.

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Yes, but when I think of the word “empath” I think of Star Trek. It sounds so supernatural to me.

It is hard to set boundaries — but there are many positive sides, too. Like being able to see through most lies.
ari

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Welcome to OBV! Glad to have you here.

Indeed, I think it’s easy to think of our sensitive antennas as a burden or a curse. Hopefully I demonstrated that it also has tremendous potential for good.

ari

Wow, that was a great example of how a person used his sensitivity to reach you where you needed to be. Thanks for sharing that.

I myself often get intuition like that when I’m talking to someone. But it takes a lot of wisdom to approach it as wisely as your friend. It’s one thing to know what the other person is feeling — it’s quite another to reach out in just the right way to touch the vulnerable place, as it can easily come across as threatening.

But it’s something I aspire to do.

ari

Strengthening bonds with others is very much needed and I think your post laid this out in a really helpful way.

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I have a friend who is a highly evolved, sensitive–who happens to be a Native American medicine man. After I entered recovery, I moved to Montana to go to college and I was very much nurtured in that setting. There were no opportunities for me to do heroin–it was a wonderful cocoon of caring and loving people, who all helped me stay clean in those first, early crucial years of my recovery.

When I was heading off to graduate school, I was so worried about leaving this cocoon–but yet, I didn’t say anything about my fears to anyone. When I was out walking in the mountainside of Montana with my friend the medicine man, he turned to me and said, “Melinda–it is time for you to leave this place. Bozeman, Montana is a sacred place–no fighting was ever done in this land (called the Valley of Flowers). It is a place of transition and guides people through their life’s transitions. You now have what you needed to gain to go on your way. If you stay, you will be out of balance-so take what you have learned and be successful somewhere else.”

All at once, he alleviated my great fears–and I also knew that he was right. I needed to go off to graduate school and become the person I am today. I have often thought back to Jim (the medicine man) and thought about what a great sensitive he was to have picked up so keenly on my feelings and fears.

Another great post, Ari–

Melinda

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