Community & 12 Stages

"We experience our involvement with humanity and recognize that wholeness comes from bringing our individual gifts into community. This occurs in our internal and external communities. We receive gifts from within ourselves and from others. We recognize that all our choices are spiritual ones and affect all beings. Eventually we recognize that our limits stem from our own lack of wholeness. Consequently, we seek to re-experience the rhythm of stage one." ~Dr Donald Epstein, 12 Stages of Healing

From the perspective of the 12 Stages of Healing and The Sacred Seasons, Community is the 12th Stage and part of Awaken-receiving our gifts and sharing our gifts with community. Ideally, we are able to move fluidly from Discover to Transform to Awaken as needed and to bring elements of the different seasons together. From our office perspective, what opportunities we have to spend time in community!

Our recent June Appreciation Day is a great example-we had many members of the community that contributed gifts to the event. We had contributions of door prizes from practice members and from community business members; we had gifts shared at the event-music, food, wisdom, and art; and of course, monetary contributions to help further the work of our chosen charity, carya. There was no avoiding togetherness as we huddled in the office out of the rain!

July is a big month for community in Bowness - we hope to see you at the Bowness Stampede breakfast (July 7th) or at a park or an event this upcoming month!

~Dr Josephene