After work yesterday I met up with that kind and generous woman to accept payment from her on behalf of another woman........as strangers.......her heart felt led to sponsor this woman because she too used to be a single mother.......and she understood the challenges, and that even though my women's series is as reasonably priced as I felt I could make it, she knew that some women may still indeed struggle to come......and especially with the cost of everything.....so we stood in Arnold's parking lot......strangers......but soon finding our common ground......her first husband too had left her for another woman......and as we swapped war stories and understanding we immediately got each other......both of us feeling relief in the understanding that the other offered......the recognition of the truth of what it all was......because nobody can know what it was like until you lived it.......and so immediately our language and our recounting of it all bonded us......understanding each other fully.....and isn't that what we really want?? We don't want to be judged for our experience in this life.......we don't need somebody to take our inventory or think that they might do better or different given the same challenges.......we want somebody that looks at us and says I get it......or I am trying to get it.........I acknowledge the space your in and I am sorry.......sorry you suffered.......sorry that your experience was so challenging.......but I am validating the truth of it........she and her friend that was with her decided that they were going to join us on Tuesday too and I can't wait.......I cannot wait to see whose heart is led to join us......who will come and how we can all connect and validate each other's journey......no matter what it is.......because the truth is we all have them......all of us walk around with our heart hurting sometimes or some huge life event that has come down on us.......changing us forever......altering our path.......and we all need to get better at not critiquing everybody......or expecting everybody to do what we would do......thinking we are right.....my hope for this coaching series is to offer hope and inspiration but more importantly many ways to the same end.......offering a life to women that is more fulfilling more rewarding.....happier.......a life that honors their space in their own lives.....my hope at the end of six weeks is that they feel and understand fully that they deserve to own a space in their own lives........and have the courage to go running straight toward that life......:)
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