Your Journey

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC thanks for this question: How's your journey going so far?

I have been fortunate to be associated with 7 cups for 10 years in June. 7 Cups has taught me so much about listening with empathy, mindfulness, how to cope in group support, how to be content with myself and how to just be. When I retired in 2015, 7 Cups was the beginning of my second career as a supporter and listener. 

The journey is going beyond expectations. How is your journey going? I hope to hear from all of you.

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC

How's your journey going so far?

I have joined 7cups in April 2017. My intention was to offer support as a listener to others, knowing how hard it can be having to deal with challenges on your own without any support. I never assumed that I would learn so much for myself on my journey and would feel so connected to people here when listening to their stories but this is not all! 7cups has helped me to adopt a better attitude to life, it changed my self-acceptance, acceptance towards things I cannot change and made be more patient. It is an incredible journey, and I am truly thankful for having the honor to be part of this community. 

Like walking in mud with suction cup sandals

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@AshleyNFlewellenLPC

Simply put, 1 step forward, 3 steps back. 

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC Thanks for this post and thanks to @soulsings for flagging this to me too.

I first read your graphic as "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single sleep" and actually I like my version better lol, although my tag is "listening, one step at a time" which is a little ironic!

Sleep is important for us all, and sleep affects how we all view our lives, the past, the present and the future! I know that when I sleep better my journey is better and my memory is better too.

I am a mere baby, having been here only 7 and a half years now, most of that was under the wonderful mentorship of Soulsings (awesome!) but my journey has been full of ups and downs, sometimes speeding up hills and sometimes speeding downhills too, but also there were the slow trudging one step in front of the other up the mountain that I saw in front of me.

I think we all share good memories and some not so good. So your question does not have a simple answer but helped me reflect and think of how far I am on my thousand miles! Although, does it have to stop at a thousand? I am not sure about that and hope to take many more steps too!

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC

It's been a journey, certainly.

Born in darkness, meaninglessness, no purpose. Filling the void, worthless. 36 years like this... I cry at the blight. Alas, I saw the light. I realised. Dived off another cliff... found true bliss. Delusion, again? Not this time around. I found the middle. Now I pray, despite barely having faith, that in my time that remains, I may share your pain.

I started my 7 Cups journey feeling deeply depressed with a score of 17/21. Now, I have now successfully recovered from that. Therapists at 7 cups really helped me to explore new perspectives of looking at things and yeah as far as I can remember, my life has become much better due to that positive attitude.

Thanks to this community for sharing some of the most significant things to be understood in order to flourish in life and the biggest pleasure of mine here is talking to @soulsings who helped me a lot and listened to even the stupidities that I worried about.

I realized life is full of unexpected gains and losses, both emotionally and materialistically and I learnt to not be overwhelmed by people or opportunities flowing into your life or getting away from you. I hope to further be a part of this wonderful community. Love you all!

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC it is going one day at a time, but there is progression, no matter how slow it is, which is what matters :)

@AshleyNFlewellenLPC

Mine is going well, I'm so many steps forward that that first step seems so long ago I can finally see the changes and positive impact that they have made :)