14/08/2024
Eugene Gendlin once said, “I want to start with the most important thing I have to say: The essence of working with another person is to be present as a living being. And that is lucky, because if we had to be smart, or good, or mature, or wise, then we would probably be in trouble. But, what matters is not that. What matters is to be a human being with another human being, to recognize the other person as another being in there.”
I find Gene’s advice deeply comforting and profoundly calming. The way I take in what he said, and the way I live it every day, is: I am enough.
Just as I am, flaws and all, I am enough.
And what is needed, both for my own Focusing (being with me) and for my contacts with other people, is that I am here.
I am here… of course as myself… and I am willing to be here with you.
I am interested in who you are… and I already know that you are someone too. You are someone unique… interesting… to be discovered… just as I am.