More on counseling…

 Often when i meet someone, i can sense them as both younger and much older than they currently are. It helps to visualize their whole narrative or trajectory (in both directions), in order to bless their present situation. It’s helpful to do that for ourselves as well!

 I never see people as only in their current situation, but as part of a longer story, worth interpreting and helping to be pronounced. There are seasonal challenges, but also often, having to go back and edit (heal, grieve, forgive, fill in) a previous chapter.

 Sometimes if someone is stuck, it is also giving a vision of future chapters in their lives. I like counseling, in that it is piecing together a person’s whole story, and trying to help them live it well. We have to see ourselves as a whole story, that always contextualizes our current difficulties. I think this is true for cities and nation’s as well.

 This might seem simple, it probably is, but it works.