Thursday, June 9, 2011

Arriving Where I Started

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know it for the first time.
TS Eliot

I have moved my practice to the same office where I began my practice in 1988. Then, I was 27 and just beginning. I was anxious and felt alone. Today, walking through the same halls and offices that I walked so many years ago...it feels familiar and and yet all new.

What I know for the first time:

1. I know that what Iexpect (or fear) will go wrong, is not what goes wrong.

2. I know nothing goes "wrong." It is all a part of my life.

3. I know that it is the people, not the place, that makes the difference.

4. I know that no matter what I do, life unfolds. It is my commitment to honor what unfolds...not trying to control the unfolding, that makes a difference.

5. I know that everything changes and stays the same...in each moment.

6. I know that even though I know these things, I have more to learn.

At that time my practice was called Greenwood Counseling Associates. That time passed. Then I called my practice Elizabeth M Johnson Corporation. That time is now over. Today my practice is renamed Stillpoint Counseling Group.

A new step in my journey