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\nWe go around our lives hiding much of ourselves from view, 'setting out a stall' that we've learned to set out through all that's happened for us so far. There are gifts behind the face we present to the world, gifts that could be brought for the benefit of many.\xa0 But often we run from the very truthfulness about what's peeking out from the shadows, what's waiting in our messy, beautiful selves, because we've assumed that what is hidden is somehow inherently shameful, or because we've not yet felt welcome to bring it.
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\nIf we had the right kind of safety, the right kind of support, the right kind of conversation, and if we were to be held in relationship with the loving, uncompromising, truthful presence of another, we might find that we could ever more bring our fullness into the world - and that is what coaching (as well as parenting, friendship, community) could be for.
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\nThis week's Turning Towards Life is a conversation about all of this - hosted as always by 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. You can find videos of every episode, and more about the project on the Turning Towards Life website, and you can also watch and listen on Instagram, YouTube, and as a podcast on Apple, Google and Spotify.
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\nHere's our source for this week, written by our friend Kate Van Akin:
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\nWhere love flows through\n\n\nA prayer / invocation inspired by the PCC 'Y' community
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\n\n\nMay this be a space of welcome\nA space where you are seen, unmasked\nand bathed in loving attention.\nMine - and your own.\nMay we discover in our time together\nwhat is peeking out from the shadows\nyearning to be noticed.\nMay our space be big enough to hold\nboth the stories you tell about yourself\nand the truth of your existence.\nMay I see beyond those stories\nto the unique, wondrous beauty of your soul\nand may I shine a light on your beauty\nand your truth\nwhile honouring and dignifying all parts of you.\nMay I stand tall in bringing you my observations and offerings\nstarting close in,\ninviting you two steps further along the tightrope\nthan you may have gone alone.\nMay this be a space where love flows through,\nand where our hearts can speak to each other\nfreely.
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\nby Kate Van Akin\n\n\n
\nPhoto by Annie Spratt on Unsplash\n