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Anne Melia's avatar

Wow, "writing well is the best revenge." Dawn, you have disarmed every "assessing" look with your damn fine sentence. You are my hero!

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Dawn Downey's avatar

Thank you, Anne! I can't help feeling violated by the look, but writing about it I feel empowered instead of victimized.

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Anne Melia's avatar

Exactly! That sentence is so empowering!

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Dawn Downey's avatar

It makes me happy that you got a zap of power from it.

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Dave Karpowicz's avatar

Well done, Dawn. We'll done!

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Nicola Mendenhall's avatar

Your awarenss level is amazing.

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Dawn Downey's avatar

I supose it's a combination of Buddhist related spiritual observation and trauma related hypervigilance.

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Nicola Mendenhall's avatar

That makes sense. And I'm envious. I did a Feldenkrais exercise yesterday entitled Painting with Your Feet along with members of my Pod (a part of Your Learning Body). When it was over my comment was that I hated the teacher when she repeatedly told us to turn over (we were lying on the floor). The other members talked about how they experienced an awarenss of their spine and waxed poetically about other bodily sensations. As you can guess, I was jealous. I want to up my awareness level and your reasons give me clues. Thank you!

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Dawn Downey's avatar

You're welcome, Nicky.

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