I could write several posts about the last 9 days at the Byron Katie seminar. For now, I’ll just say that I’ve been practicing listening today and really taking in and feeling what folks say to me. Since it was a day of goodbyes a lot of people came up to me and said things. Nearly everyone said something that was the *opposite* of what I had been believing all week. It’s been amazing to drop my defenses and simply hear them. 

I had been a “mic runner” all week running around the room of 300 people and delivering the microphone. I worried I was clumsy/slow/in the way/inefficient. A person came up to me and said, “Thanks for mic running all week. You were so graceful!” 
I was a walk leader every morning, and led groups of about 100 people on a 30 minute walk. I felt so anxious every time. I felt I was going too fast or too slow. I feared people were judging me. I feared the path I chose wasn’t friendly enough for less agile folks. Three people came up to me and thanked me for being a walk leader and said they loved my walk. One person was an old lady who didn’t speak English and she mimed it to me!
As a mic runner I was very visible to everyone. I’ve been unkind to myself lately about my hair and ragged traveling clothes and my body. A random guy came up to me today and said simply, “Hey man, just wanted to say I really like your style and your clothes and I thought all week, ‘That looks like one cool dude!'” 😂
That’s just some of the things I allowed myself to hear today and consider. It’s been a heartwarming practice. ❤️
(And it works just as well when the comments are negative and I’m still working on that. 😅)