Dear Katie,
I am so pleased to know you . i am lily from China. and i just read some translation in Chinese of your articles on some blogs.
I love to read those words and the dialogues. and i even read them everyday. when i read any paragraph anytime, i will feel happy, peaceful, and joyful. and one day, i have some suggestions for my mom. but my mom gets angry after she hear my thoughts and suggestions. I feel angry and little lost , because i think my suggestions are the best for her. my mom still think she is what she react. she would never change. then we stopped talking. at that moment, i get a pen , write down my thoughts,---those stressful thoughts, make my mom and me both unhappy. they are:
she shouldn't care other's business?
she shouldn't behave so smart?
she should not like to please people.
she should not expect other people saying that she is a kind and nice person.
because she must be unhappy and sad or angry if somebody she cared says she is bad or not good.
she is afraid of people not approval.
she works hard on approval, so when she works too much , and there's still somebody do not like her, or just saying she is bad. she will be unhappy and sad.
...........
wow, i just use the questions, and turnarounds. i found that oh my god, who am i talking about? it is me.
yes, that was me indeed. i actually act like her. no wonder there's a saying , every person will be a teacher, and a mirror. we can see the real ourselves in the reality.
when i don't believe those thoughts, i will be happy when with my mom.
thank you so much, katie. love you so much.!
God bless you and us both!
sincerely yours
Lily from China
Comments (4)
This was such a helpful letter and i related to it so well! Thank you so much for writing it and thank you Katie for posting it. And thank you Katie for 'the work'.
In deepest gratitude!! Thank you! X :)
Posted by p ryan | March 3, 2009 11:13 AM
Posted on March 3, 2009 11:13
Hi, Lily and Katie,
I'm so thrilled to read this post today. I'm also from China, and I've been reading your blog as well as the Chinese blog about your articles for quite a time. I've been benefited so much! Thank you so much, and thank those who introduce your work to China and to my life.
I hope to be of any help in bringing your wonderful work into the world. At present, I'm doing that by clearing my own inner world with the help of "the work"; also, I wish more could be available to people in China (such as your books, your workshops, your school etc.) and I would like to offer myself to be part of the wonderful effort in any way if needed.
We're giving and recieving all the time. We're the world. Thanks for bringing a more and more clear consciousness into the world!
Really hope that someday you could come to China to share your wonderful work with Chinese people here.
Love you :)
Posted by Yang Wang | November 28, 2008 8:53 PM
Posted on November 28, 2008 20:53
Lily from China, I love you. Thank you for your beautiful letter. And thank you, Katie, for posting it. Love you too. -Heidi
Posted by Heidi Fischbach | November 27, 2008 9:45 AM
Posted on November 27, 2008 09:45
Hey Katie,
I love this last post, it melted my heart. I really wanted to send you an email, but I can't find where to do that. so here goes. I have been doing the work for years no, on and off. I get so frustrated cause every time I think I got it sink to a new low and I have to start all over again. That really pisses my arrogant self off, but it feels strangely ehm... painful to think I got something. anyway, the thing is, I have been fevereshly doing the work for breakfast lunch and dinner for a couple of weeks now. So I was at one of these cosy dinners with myself in a bar downtown when I met someone I had not seen for years. ME. And this is what this person had to say to me: I am looking forward to being a complete mess, I am looking forward to getting all wrong, I look forward to not having any of the answers, I look forward to making more mistakes, I looking forward to not knowing what I am doing, I look forward to f....g up, I look forward to ending up with no money, I look forward to being judged, shouted at, pitied, I look forward to being homelss and pennyless, I look forward to being ridiculed and laughed at, I look forward to feeling ashamed of myself, I look forward to never making it, I look forward to never having anything at all, I look forward to realizing I am in the wrong relationship, I am especially looking forward to people realizing I am a fraud, I am looking forward to not being liked, I am looking forward to being fat, I am looking forward to feeling unhappy. Needless to say I took this person home for the night! and he has been around ever since, until he may choose to go. So I am just observing.Thank you always.
Posted by Alcinoo | November 27, 2008 9:39 AM
Posted on November 27, 2008 09:39