A friend of ours who works in the field of education called us after reading our blogs last week. She was feeling overwhelmed by the challenges of bullying. It was bringing up memories from her own childhood, and that brought her to tears.
When you’re reading about a topic (such as bullying) and you begin to have recall experiences associated with emotion – sadness, anger, depression, helplessness or despair – it can be a gift. It means you have been carrying past experiences in your cellular memory, and are now releasing them. It means you can put things in perspective, and have the opportunity to move forward in a lighter and more loving way.
This is a time of change and healing. As children, many of us weren’t protected by the adults who loved us in our lives. That does not mean they didn’t love us. As adults, we have the power to protect our children, and the power to teach them to protect each other.. That is a beautiful thing.
Gakina-awiiya (We Are All Related),
Chief Robert and Terri Lynn TallTree
www.thetalltrees.com
“Teach us love, compassion and honor…that we may heal the Earth, and heal each other.” – Ojibwe prayer
This is a really good blog on bullying because it offers true, warm insight rather than just cold bullet points.
I especially liked the observation that, while bullying may be about “power”, parents also have the “power” to teach their kids not only to protect themselves from being bullied, but to teach their kids WHO MIGHT BE THE BULLIES that pain isn’t just physical.
Really nice.