DJ had to give a presentation in her communications class last night and she came home on cloud nine. She decided to talk about the concept of universal consciousness and used the double slit experiment to demonstrate her thoughts. You can check out the double slit experiment at:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc
Then, last week, she and I took a short little road trip to visit a Buddhist temple, complete with a Zen garden. It was her idea, not mine, and she invited me along.
This evening she walked in the door talking about a long-term goal of opening a school that offers an enlightened form of education where a person either passes, or needs improvement. Her ideas were much more detailed than that, but her point was the importance of emphasizing the journey of learning.
I like how her brain works. I love how she's willing to stretch herself. I love her bravery.
Which reminds me of the bravery of a woman I've been in contact with who resides in the UK. She transitioned fairly recently, as an adult in her 40's. In our most recent correspondence, she wonders whether her decision to transition is too late. I tell her it's not and I believe it, but how can I possibly speak to this? How can I comfort her while she experiences her (rightful) experiences of loss? I can imagine that I might entertain the same thoughts and feelings, especially as this gradually more accepting world allows people like DJ to be who they are, at all, or decades earlier than people like this lovely woman. Like so many women that I have been fortunate to hear from, who transitioned later in life compared to DJ, she cheers for young people who transition early while she simultaneously is reminded of the time she's lost.
I want to cheer for her and remind her that she has so much life left ahead of her, but she has complications that only an adult who transitions in adulthood can fully understand which might make my reassurance ring false in her ears. It took DJ over four years to feel more comfortable in her skin and I hope that my friend just needs more time in her new life to feel more at peace with her previous life not being all she hoped for, and frankly, deserved. I'd like to know that she has moments of revelry in being a woman like I've been blessed to witness in DJ. I shall hope for her.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfPeprQ7oGc
Then, last week, she and I took a short little road trip to visit a Buddhist temple, complete with a Zen garden. It was her idea, not mine, and she invited me along.
This evening she walked in the door talking about a long-term goal of opening a school that offers an enlightened form of education where a person either passes, or needs improvement. Her ideas were much more detailed than that, but her point was the importance of emphasizing the journey of learning.
I like how her brain works. I love how she's willing to stretch herself. I love her bravery.
Which reminds me of the bravery of a woman I've been in contact with who resides in the UK. She transitioned fairly recently, as an adult in her 40's. In our most recent correspondence, she wonders whether her decision to transition is too late. I tell her it's not and I believe it, but how can I possibly speak to this? How can I comfort her while she experiences her (rightful) experiences of loss? I can imagine that I might entertain the same thoughts and feelings, especially as this gradually more accepting world allows people like DJ to be who they are, at all, or decades earlier than people like this lovely woman. Like so many women that I have been fortunate to hear from, who transitioned later in life compared to DJ, she cheers for young people who transition early while she simultaneously is reminded of the time she's lost.
I want to cheer for her and remind her that she has so much life left ahead of her, but she has complications that only an adult who transitions in adulthood can fully understand which might make my reassurance ring false in her ears. It took DJ over four years to feel more comfortable in her skin and I hope that my friend just needs more time in her new life to feel more at peace with her previous life not being all she hoped for, and frankly, deserved. I'd like to know that she has moments of revelry in being a woman like I've been blessed to witness in DJ. I shall hope for her.
