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e and imagine new worlds. But if we wish to share our work with the world, we need to learn how to protect our source of inspiration, lest we get caught up in the whims of those who may never have been the intended recipients of our work in the first place. Lest we seek success at the expense of our creative hearts.</p></blockquote><h2 id="76a2">Does He Want Another Cup of Coffee? by Steven E. Brown</h2><blockquote id="8808"><p>I wanted to use poetry to talk about disability culture storytelling.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="79de"><p>So I sat down one day and wrote: “Tell Your Story.” I debuted it at a conference in Little Rock in late 1991. After a formal presentation called “I Was Born (in a Hospital Bed) -When I Was Thirty-One Years Old”, I took a deep breath and announced I wanted to finish with a poem called “Tell Your Story.” I remember one of the conference organizers saying it was her favorite part of my presentation.</p></blockquote><h2 id="6679">Courage by Caroline Mellor</h2><blockquote id="55f6"><p>Courage threw off her Roman-inspired robe, lay down her spear, went home and took a bubble bath.</p></blockquote><h2 id="fb7c">Gentleness by Soul Gym</h2><blockquote id="a1ad"><p>It’s not that we don’t work diligently. I hope we take on joyful diligence. But more than anything, I hope that we will work gently, with deep trust that the results will get better (and faster) the more that we practice and the more that we get skillful over years of gentle effort.</p></blockquote><h2 id="77da">I Paint Peoples’ Souls as Trees by Sean Abramowitz</h2><blockquote id="7a96"><p>Making Tree Soul Portraits is my way of saying, “I see you. I see all the jagged, incongruent, weird, uncategorizable parts. I see the parts that you don’t feel like you are allowed to show. I see the parts you find ugly and embarrassing. I see the parts you have forgotten.</p></blockquote><h2 id="77b7">How We Can Treat Each Other As Human Beings Instead of Doers at the Workplace by Bingz Huang</h2><blockquote id="2621"><p>My friend, Sau-Yin Chua, Bernadette, is the Managing Partner of Positive Performance Consulting. I’m inspired and intrigued by her company’s empowering vision — “We envision to co-create waves of successful, positive, and sustainable work cultures across the globe.” This vision, to me, radiates the energy of gentleness.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="5ee8"><p>Can you imagine how much goodness can ripple out of companies that practice gentleness around the globe?</p></blockquote><h2 id="941d">10 Gems of Wisdom I Gained from Practicing Connected Parenting for 20 Years by Colleen Adrian</h2><blockquote id="7887"><p>As someone who grew up in a very authoritaria

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n home (e.g., rules first, connection second), I’ve had to learn to connect at every step in the journey, because often a slightly different skill set is needed for the new challenges at each developmental stage. It hasn’t come as easily to me. However, looking back on what I’ve learned, it’s definitely made me a more resilient and compassionate human in all areas of my life. I’m also deeply grateful for having been able to stay connected with my son even through difficult times, including the teen years.</p></blockquote><h2 id="1352">Perfectionism Procrastination and Gentleness by Camille Grady</h2><blockquote id="4ee8"><p>It’s funny the things we choose to procrastinate on. This period of my life is teaching me, that I generally tend to do the more serious, practical things in life without a second thought and my creativity and writing tend to come second, third, or forth to a lot of other things. I don’t want it to always be this way, so perhaps this is what I must explore more in myself.</p></blockquote><h2 id="a101">On Caring for Rhododendrons by Amanda Laughtland</h2><blockquote id="d636"><p>But the other rhodies in the yard show me that with a good start and some patience, they can do well here.</p></blockquote><blockquote id="8d50"><p>I hope that with our gentle and consistent care, we can see our bargain plant turn into a flower that might begin to approach the standards of the local ladies who wanted to represent our state with flowers in the 1893 World’s Fair.</p></blockquote><h2 id="ac46">Hey, Do You Have a Minute? by jules</h2><blockquote id="f5eb"><p>I created mindful minutes to distract me into joy. In the law of attraction, Abraham teaches us to feel the feeling of the changes, not just changing the words. That morphed into the birth of mindful expressions to set me up for success. Little actions that only take a minute or two to distract my brain back toward joy and creating a life I want.</p></blockquote><h2 id="c273">Gently Still by Ravyne Hawke</h2><blockquote id="634d"><p>Go gently, be still no need to rush through the day — channeled message from Spirit</p></blockquote><h2 id="1d0f">Become Light by Bob Metivier</h2><blockquote id="d167"><p>Become light Let heaviness lift</p></blockquote><p id="2ff2">Bob composed a lovely soothing melody for his poem, too! Do click on his embedded SoundCloud link to listen to it while reading his poem. :)</p><p id="6ea0">Thank you for being a part of the Gentleness Ambassadors publication. We look forward to publishing, reading, and sharing all your stories and poetry on Gentleness :)</p><p id="15f9">With love and gratitude, Bingz and <a href="undefined">Camille Grady</a></p></article></body>

Be Gentle With Your Mind

A Newsletter from Gentleness Ambassadors

Dear fellow gentle souls,

Happy September, everyone! I’ve just come back from a blissful vacation in Bintan, Indonesia with my family, and I’m happy to be writing to all of you again.

As always, I love sharing Lee Harris’ monthly energy updates. In just these two weeks, I’ve already experienced some of the energetic themes he described for September 2022, such as Healing and Deep Awakenings, Heart Heat, and Psychic Highways Revving Up. If you resonate with some of these themes, do watch his video for a more detailed description.

Writing Prompt — Be Gentle With Your Mind

Because of all these intense energies coming up in September, it’s so important to be gentle with your mind, so you can spend more time processing and integrating these energetic changes.

If you’d like, do share how you’ve been resting your mind more and how you may have benefited from that extra mental rest. Let us inspire one another with our experiences.

Take care, everyone.

Our Latest Stories

Last month, we had some writers publishing their stories in this publication for the first time! Thank you, Sean Abramowitz, Caroline Mellor, Steven E. Brown, Soul Gym, jules, Amanda Laughtland, and Ravyne Hawke for joining our family of writers. 🤗 A warm welcome to all of you.

Thank you, Camille Grady, Maia Thom, and Bob Metivier, for your contributions.

Dear readers, I hope you can spend some time enjoying these poems and essays. Be gentle with yourself and read the ones that call out to you. Please do share your thoughts and heartfelt comments too.

It’s Okay to Create Just For You by Maia Thom

I imagine most creatives would benefit from having an inner space such as this. We’re a sensitive bunch, and that sensitivity is what allows us to create and imagine new worlds. But if we wish to share our work with the world, we need to learn how to protect our source of inspiration, lest we get caught up in the whims of those who may never have been the intended recipients of our work in the first place. Lest we seek success at the expense of our creative hearts.

Does He Want Another Cup of Coffee? by Steven E. Brown

I wanted to use poetry to talk about disability culture storytelling.

So I sat down one day and wrote: “Tell Your Story.” I debuted it at a conference in Little Rock in late 1991. After a formal presentation called “I Was Born (in a Hospital Bed) -When I Was Thirty-One Years Old”, I took a deep breath and announced I wanted to finish with a poem called “Tell Your Story.” I remember one of the conference organizers saying it was her favorite part of my presentation.

Courage by Caroline Mellor

Courage threw off her Roman-inspired robe, lay down her spear, went home and took a bubble bath.

Gentleness by Soul Gym

It’s not that we don’t work diligently. I hope we take on joyful diligence. But more than anything, I hope that we will work gently, with deep trust that the results will get better (and faster) the more that we practice and the more that we get skillful over years of gentle effort.

I Paint Peoples’ Souls as Trees by Sean Abramowitz

Making Tree Soul Portraits is my way of saying, “I see you. I see all the jagged, incongruent, weird, uncategorizable parts. I see the parts that you don’t feel like you are allowed to show. I see the parts you find ugly and embarrassing. I see the parts you have forgotten.

How We Can Treat Each Other As Human Beings Instead of Doers at the Workplace by Bingz Huang

My friend, Sau-Yin Chua, Bernadette, is the Managing Partner of Positive Performance Consulting. I’m inspired and intrigued by her company’s empowering vision — “We envision to co-create waves of successful, positive, and sustainable work cultures across the globe.” This vision, to me, radiates the energy of gentleness.

Can you imagine how much goodness can ripple out of companies that practice gentleness around the globe?

10 Gems of Wisdom I Gained from Practicing Connected Parenting for 20 Years by Colleen Adrian

As someone who grew up in a very authoritarian home (e.g., rules first, connection second), I’ve had to learn to connect at every step in the journey, because often a slightly different skill set is needed for the new challenges at each developmental stage. It hasn’t come as easily to me. However, looking back on what I’ve learned, it’s definitely made me a more resilient and compassionate human in all areas of my life. I’m also deeply grateful for having been able to stay connected with my son even through difficult times, including the teen years.

Perfectionism Procrastination and Gentleness by Camille Grady

It’s funny the things we choose to procrastinate on. This period of my life is teaching me, that I generally tend to do the more serious, practical things in life without a second thought and my creativity and writing tend to come second, third, or forth to a lot of other things. I don’t want it to always be this way, so perhaps this is what I must explore more in myself.

On Caring for Rhododendrons by Amanda Laughtland

But the other rhodies in the yard show me that with a good start and some patience, they can do well here.

I hope that with our gentle and consistent care, we can see our bargain plant turn into a flower that might begin to approach the standards of the local ladies who wanted to represent our state with flowers in the 1893 World’s Fair.

Hey, Do You Have a Minute? by jules

I created mindful minutes to distract me into joy. In the law of attraction, Abraham teaches us to feel the feeling of the changes, not just changing the words. That morphed into the birth of mindful expressions to set me up for success. Little actions that only take a minute or two to distract my brain back toward joy and creating a life I want.

Gently Still by Ravyne Hawke

Go gently, be still no need to rush through the day — channeled message from Spirit

Become Light by Bob Metivier

Become light Let heaviness lift

Bob composed a lovely soothing melody for his poem, too! Do click on his embedded SoundCloud link to listen to it while reading his poem. :)

Thank you for being a part of the Gentleness Ambassadors publication. We look forward to publishing, reading, and sharing all your stories and poetry on Gentleness :)

With love and gratitude, Bingz and Camille Grady