warning: ancient crone blood

My therapist suggested that I might enjoy reading Viktor Frankl, a psychiatrist who survived the Nazi concentration camps and went on to help found existential therapy. She was right; he's really resonating with me. I'm only dipping a toe in at this point, because I'm still having trouble concentrating on reading Walls of Text. However I'm gleaning some core concepts from Wikipedia, GoodReads, TED Talks, etc. Definitely not as much as if I had read Man's Search for Meaning (his best-known book),  but enough that I feel comfortable responding with some of my own thoughts.

So recently I went to a Terrible Party with some Old "Friends"*. I came away, at first, feeling put-down and believing it. ( cut for length; tw: disability, ableism, psychology )

Wow, that was amazing! I got a year's worth of dreamwidth points in a matter of hours. Everyone rocks! Officially.

I got several donations from anonymous donors, and in gratitude I'm going to pay it forward by posting some poetry I've written recently and possibly also posting some icon backgrounds for anyone to snag. (Note: I may be using them as icons myself as well.) I'll start with this poem here....I hope no one is opposed to Buddhist themes. ;)

Mindful Origami

crane
folded
pause, inhale
paper symbol
origami peace
an exhale for each crease
from my lungs to trees' new leaves
with one mindful act, a sapling
inhales into a forest, exhales
into paper, a crane, rebirth, no self.

~lizcommotion