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\nWhen we make our relationships into projects, when we demand that the people close to us be different to how they are, when we bring only our 'fix things', 'make things happen', 'change things' energy to them, we should perhaps not be surprised that the people we are in relationship with quickly become disappointments to us. And, as we do this, we quickly become difficult to find and meet deeply ourselves. What if we were to return, often, to the possibility of returning to our flexibility, capacity to nurture and witness others, our ability to listen in an unhurried way?\xa0 This episode of Turning Towards Life is a conversation about what can happen in our relationships when we learn to inhabit the side of ourselves that lets life flow through and that is able to welcome all things whether beautiful or painful, with Lizzie Winn and Justin Wise of Thirdspace.
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\nThis is Turning Towards Life, a weekly live 30 minute conversation hosted by Thirdspace in which Justin Wise and Lizzie Winn dive deep into big questions of human living. Find us on FaceBook to watch live and join in the lively conversation on this episode. We\u2019re also on YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website.
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\nOur source this week is brought to us by Lizzie:
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\nAlways Return
\nby William Martin
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\nIt is good to know your own strength
\nbut always return to your flexibility.
\nIf you can cradle your beloved in your arms
\nin nurturing gentleness,
\nlove will flow through you.
\nIt is good to achieve things
\nbut always return to anonymity.
\nYour beloved does not need your achievements
\nbut needs your uncomplicated soul.
\nIt is good to work for change,
\nbut always return to what is.
\nIf you accept all things whether painful or joyful,
\nyou will always know
\nthat you belong to each other
\nand to the Tao.
\nReturn today,
\nto that which brings you life;
\nenfolding, caressing,
\nsoothing, nurturing,
\nforgiving and accepting.
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\nPhoto by Richie Nolan on Unsplash\n