Astonishing..

Categories: news-from-depressionland, nature-study

Tags: nature, retreat, therapy

Date: 28 October 2007 11:33:14

..what a day of quiet, with opportunity to pray, think, write, draw and sit in a ten-acre garden, can do for one's general state of mind and spirit. I went to my Quiet Day yesterday and had loads of space to just be, to sit on a bench under a yew tree watching the gentle rain, hear Mrs Blackbird shirring her wings, watch a robin bouncing round on his invisible space hopper, and the squirrels scalloping the lawn.. I think I must be a nature mystic.

The raft of problems from filing piles to son's homework, still remain, but I feel refreshed, restored and ready to start tackling life again. One of the tasks on the list is to apologize to therapist for failing to turn up on Friday (and failing to ring to tell her why). I have a feeling I will be saving the apology till next week's appointment so I can use it as an intro to a declaration that I want to stop therapy. The relationship with this particular therapist just hasn't worked, and it doesn't seem to be doing me much good, even after nearly three years. That's a lot of time and money!