Circle of Friends
A Story of Friendship!
Roots to Breath, Dona Anderson
This is part 1 written Summer of 2013
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| Dona Anderson |
Remembering Mom's Bridge Circle - My Mom was part of a group of ladies who played bridge together for
years and they all took turns hosting the evening. During my growing up years at home, I can
remember hearing trump this or that a couple evenings a year. I remember trying to fall asleep to the
language of bridge in the background, and I also remember it as a time to sneak
into the kitchen as there were lots of those special goodies to eat.
I never learned to play bridge
but I do like the idea of getting together with others for a common focus you
enjoy, and one where you get to connect with others who you may not ever see or
have known otherwise.
In the fall of 2009, I met a
wonderful lady when I was doing a local library reading for my book. We kept in touch and later she approached me with
her idea to start a small healing circle, and invited me to join. Yes, was my immediate answer and we started
in the fall of 2010. We’re a circle of four,
and it is perfect. I only knew Susan at
the start and now I have two more friends.
We get together twice a month and we’re still going strong!
It is a wonderful way to spend an
evening. We enjoy a few cups of tea and
some nights enjoy and admire goodies or garden flowers, but our main focus is
learning more about wellness. We do
different things depending on what there is to share and talk about. Sometimes there are books or articles to
read, we may watch videos off the internet, pick oracle cards, do chakra
balancing, or find out more about crystals, and rocks. Sometimes we tell stories, do sound healing and
there are always soothing meditations to absorb. Sometimes we do a bit of Reiki or other healing,
and some nights when life gets in the way it may be a time to just relax and
enjoy an evening of mostly quiet and stillness.
We are four ladies of different ages
that have all come from different places and we all have different life experiences. I am the youngest, so it is another reminder
for me to know that there is never a time to stop learning and improving myself,
and it is a reminder of how important and satisfying it is to be sharing this time
with the other ladies.
What is really great with each
meeting is that we can see each others faces as we smile and laugh, talk,
drink our tea, and most of all we get to feel the presence and connection of
companionship and friendship.
And it gets even better … we all get real
hugs as we say goodnight!
A wellness circle
turned into a circle of Friends!
Do you have something similar
you can tell others about?
Part 2, The Rest of the Story, will be shared at a later date
Are you thinking of starting up a circle of your own?
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