Walls – An inspirational post that’ll get you thinking about reconstructing your wall if you have one.
Last week, somebody in therapy used a phrase I’ve heard many times:
I have a wall around me.
This person was referring to a self-protective barrier, between themselves and other people. And it made sense that the wall was there, because of past betrayals and inappropriate intrusions.
I like to reflect other people’s language back to them, because I think the words they use are very important. I also find that metaphors can help explore and uncover possibilities for change.
So I asked questions about that wall:
What kind of wall is it?
What does it look like?
How much space is there between you and the wall?
How high up does it go?
What is it made of?
Does it change?
How does it feel to be inside the wall?
As we talked about the wall, we agreed a wall could have good sides: Walls can protect and give…
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Reflections and Nightmares- Irene A Waters (writer and memoirist) 
Beautiful photos to go with your messages I think we all have our own walls that we put up, the question we tend to forget sometimes to ask, is when do we open and let the world in don’t we?
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I can’t take the credit for these Andy as they are part of Ann’s brilliant post found at http://annkoplow.wordpress.com/2014/01/25/day-390-what-kind-of-wall-is-there-around-you/
She poses reconstruction as the answer to the question of when to let people in and out. A concept I find inspirational.
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ah..I follow her as well, inspirational 🙂
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Thank you for the re-blog, Irene. I’m so glad you’re my neighbor here at WordPress. And a shout out to another great neighbor, Andy!
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I’m certainly glad to know you Ann and you are welcome.
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