Comments on: Having Fun Making Mistakes http://www.shannonwilkinson.com/blog/having-fun-making-mistakes/ Shannon Wilkinson - Life Coach Tue, 20 Jul 2010 12:09:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Havi Brooks (and duck) http://www.shannonwilkinson.com/blog/having-fun-making-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-39 Havi Brooks (and duck) Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:12:52 +0000 http://shannon.artemis.io/?p=88#comment-39 <p>I heart you. You’re a nut. Those two points are possibly connected and definitely not mutually exclusive. </p> <p>(gets tangled in her own sentence and falls over)</p> <p>And that’s so great that you didn’t punch your <span class="caps">FPS</span> in the face but were totally rational and reasonable with her. </p> <p>That’s <span class="caps">HUGE</span>! As in, I want to cry happiness-tears just thinking about what that means. <span class="caps">HUGE</span>.</p> <p>Yay!</p> I heart you. You're a nut. Those two points are possibly connected and definitely not mutually exclusive.

(gets tangled in her own sentence and falls over)

And that's so great that you didn't punch your FPS in the face but were totally rational and reasonable with her.

That's HUGE! As in, I want to cry happiness-tears just thinking about what that means. HUGE.

Yay!

]]> By: Deb Owen http://www.shannonwilkinson.com/blog/having-fun-making-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-38 Deb Owen Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:52:09 +0000 http://shannon.artemis.io/?p=88#comment-38 <p><span class="caps">OMG</span>! Don’t you just <span class="caps">LOVE</span> Havi? (I love Havi. Seriously.)</p> <p>Honestly? I think one of the great things about Shiva is that I DO laugh at myself. Whatever is going on that I’m all in angst about…..I do that….and suddenly, I’m taking <span class="caps">MYSELF</span> less seriously. (Forget taking Shiva seriously — it’s myself I’m giving a break. ;-) )</p> <p>The other thing is….I want to do it super-seriously….super-perfectly…..for like an hour! (ha) Havi said just start with five minutes. And that worked. </p> <p>I’m new to it too. I have a “Dance of Shiva” <span class="caps">DVD</span> and talked with Havi about it but….um….it ain’t nothing like this! ha</p> <p>It’s truly amazing. <br /> Oh. And my favorite thing I think Havi ever wrote was something I read just this weekend. I’m going through a break-up. And there’s a great post at her site about how to take care of yourself (and get through) the pain. In it, rather than go into an in-depth explanation of how it works and why you should try it, she just says (I’m paraphrasing), “What do you care? You’re in pain. Try it.”<br /> ha</p> <p>So…YAY for trying something new and for laughing in spite of your <span class="caps">FPS</span>.<br /> ;-)</p> <p>All the best!<br /> deb</p> OMG! Don't you just LOVE Havi? (I love Havi. Seriously.)

Honestly? I think one of the great things about Shiva is that I DO laugh at myself. Whatever is going on that I'm all in angst about…..I do that….and suddenly, I'm taking MYSELF less seriously. (Forget taking Shiva seriously — it's myself I'm giving a break. ;-) )

The other thing is….I want to do it super-seriously….super-perfectly…..for like an hour! (ha) Havi said just start with five minutes. And that worked.

I'm new to it too. I have a "Dance of Shiva" DVD and talked with Havi about it but….um….it ain't nothing like this! ha

It's truly amazing.
Oh. And my favorite thing I think Havi ever wrote was something I read just this weekend. I'm going through a break-up. And there's a great post at her site about how to take care of yourself (and get through) the pain. In it, rather than go into an in-depth explanation of how it works and why you should try it, she just says (I'm paraphrasing), "What do you care? You're in pain. Try it."
ha

So…YAY for trying something new and for laughing in spite of your FPS.
;-)

All the best!
deb

]]> By: Carole http://www.shannonwilkinson.com/blog/having-fun-making-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-37 Carole Tue, 11 Nov 2008 19:16:00 +0000 http://shannon.artemis.io/?p=88#comment-37 <p>I’m glad you’re laughing and having fun with it, and I’m glad you sent <span class="caps">FPS</span> back where she belongs! Sounds like you’re doing something right…. : )</p> I'm glad you're laughing and having fun with it, and I'm glad you sent FPS back where she belongs! Sounds like you're doing something right…. : )

]]> By: James | Dancing Geek http://www.shannonwilkinson.com/blog/having-fun-making-mistakes/comment-page-1/#comment-36 James | Dancing Geek Tue, 11 Nov 2008 16:24:49 +0000 http://shannon.artemis.io/?p=88#comment-36 <p>Yeah! Laughing is excellent.</p> <p>I know that if I don’t get so stuck that I laugh out loud then I’m not doing it right.</p> Yeah! Laughing is excellent.

I know that if I don't get so stuck that I laugh out loud then I'm not doing it right.

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