After several weeks of deep freeze the ice is flowing southward on the Hudson again. It is a rare site to see ice flow on these waters and this does not happen unless the temperatures are close to zero, but it is such a good feeling to see that freeze break up and thaw. I can almost feel it in my body. The corresponding freeze has been in my sinuses and they are now flowing as well. Gross I know but I'm sure I have good company.
Things will freeze again I know, but this thaw and the experience of it is something to hold onto. It heralds the return of spring; the ever turning cycle.
In my work with adolescents I see this freeze and thaw over the course of several years as a young person goes into to the frozen turmoil of "who am I?" - all sulky and blank looks, inexplicable silence and behavior - only to emerge eventually, slowly, as "I think this is who I am and what I believe," with small moments of articulateness and gestures of independence. It can be equally thrilling and deeply moving to witness this thawing and blossoming of a human being.
Things will freeze again I know, but this thaw and the experience of it is something to hold onto. It heralds the return of spring; the ever turning cycle.
In my work with adolescents I see this freeze and thaw over the course of several years as a young person goes into to the frozen turmoil of "who am I?" - all sulky and blank looks, inexplicable silence and behavior - only to emerge eventually, slowly, as "I think this is who I am and what I believe," with small moments of articulateness and gestures of independence. It can be equally thrilling and deeply moving to witness this thawing and blossoming of a human being.
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