Maya Angelou died one year ago. There have been many quotes on FB, and this one spoke to me:
"People will forget what you said,
people will forget what you did,
but people will ever forget how you made them feel."
This is my connection to IB in a nutshell. My goal at the end of the day is to have her spirit in a good place. Period. All the small things throughout the day add up to that end-of-day summary, which in her brain, is more feeling than thought. How do you bring about a mood that leaves her drifting off to sleep in a safe and sweet presence of mind? I am a Libra, and I know this helps me here. For every heavy conversation we have, I balance it with some humor. Effort is balanced with rest, engagement is balanced with quiet.
Bad things happen. We watch and discuss the news. I don't try to sheild her from the darker things of life. She knows they're part of life. We deal with the harder stuff together..that is part of that safety at the end of the day. She doesn't always know what bad thing happened, but she does know that she will be helped through it.
There seems to be something slightly amiss lately. I cannot really identify it or guess what it may be about, but I am aware of it. We are in sync, and I am listening....the balancing act is more deliberate now, but I don't yet know what I'm balancing her for...
