Before the end of the year – I promised myself to add some art on here. If you squint really hard and turn your head to the left, have some wine and look at it with just one eye – I promise it looks like Van Gogh’s Starry Night. Try it!
One of the reasons I love my job is that I get to learn about myself – my limits, my fears, and my anxieties – though others. I happened to be in a session with a patient who spied with her little eye that we use the same digital art app. She showed me her art, and asked to see mine. (What dread! What embarrassment! What fear!)
At the end of our session, anxious and visibly trembling, she blurted out, “You’re the coolest doctor I’ve ever had! That looks like something hanging in a really cool contemporary house! You’re like, a real person, who I can actually connect with. Would you please be my therapist?” [Cue awkward pause as these sessions were only supposed to be a bridge until she connects with another provider] “I’ve always been afraid to say the things I want, but I’ve met with you a few times, and you make me feel safe, and comfortable, and like it’s ok to not be perfect.”
If only she knew how imperfect we all are, and how much her sincerity impacted me today. Sometimes, we’re just each other’s light after all.
XOXO,
Kathy ❤
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