Adaptive Patterns is the second article in a series of five which will include; Being a Learner, Fire the Committee, and The Meditation Metaphor.
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Life Coaching. What is it?
Honestly, every time I hear the term I cringe a little. I’m pretty sure it’s a very big umbrella term designed to encompass a lot. But it also can come off sounding a little pompous. As if an entire life with all its unpredictabilities could be managed into submission for a perfect outcome. Really?
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Dorothy has come home unexpectedly.
Days before she packed a small borrowed bag. As she travels rarely, she does not own one herself. The older woman at the church who has befriended her has provided it. Into it she folds a dark wool dress which will have to do for the funeral. It is not black as it should be. It is old, and she regrets she has not found the time in previous months to make a similar one. Her one pair of pumps goes in too. Dark brown, well-polished, but in need of new soles….
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She sits on the brick steps of the house. Head bent, she carefully gathers the pale blue cotton into folds and pinches it tightly between the fingers of her left hand. Though she is left handed, she has trained herself to use her right. Thimble on her middle finger, she carefully draws the needle through to make a neat stitch.
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Today (June 25th), I have been married to the same man for twenty-five years, my husband, Joseph, the father of my children including the ones that don’t carry his personal genes. He is my companion, partner, friend, lover, creative co-conspirator. He is my best pal and I am madly in love with him. Even more than ever. But it took twenty-five years of daily agony to get here. Well, maybe not “agony” but close.
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