Belonging

Smartview Stories¿ is a children's emotional literacy empowerment book project that was birthed on the new moon of July, 2018. This came quite by surprise, I simply woke up that morning and knew I wanted to do this, and that this project would unfold all in its own ripe timing. Earlier in 2018, I had a strong felt sense image of groups of me coming together in team-like huddles. This is one joyful, confident inner team gathered here for this project.I was first inspired by a concept of helping people everywhere find the Safe Place within us that we practice as Focusers. As we learn to create and hold space for our current moment, we are bringing safety to our inner world. Each time we find a way for this situation or this challenging moment to feel seen and accepted to be itself, we bring safety. We may not be able to do this in every moment; however we practice and it happens more often. When we feel a tenseness, a tightness, discomfort of any kind, we pause, tune into the environment and our situation and find something around us to rest into as a safe place. My daily walks in the woods reminded me of this. I noticed all the safe niches that ecosystems create within themselves. We can do this for ourselves and each other too.The first story I wrote is called A Puddly Kind of Day. I wanted to show how a common shaming type of experience that might happen in our youth, would be handled differently if you and the people around you had an awareness of Focusing skills. Over time, joys and challenges facing humanity, from tiny to huge, will find their way into these stories. Thank you, world for weaving the beautiful and strong ground this project stands upon.I will be developing ways to stay in touch. For now, you can find me here: www.learnfocusing.org and www.smartviewstories.com and at https://www.facebook.com/groups/learnfocusing.