Last Sunday (06/09/2024) was probably one of the best Sundays I’ve had in a while. And it was because I did what I had wanted to do instead of the usual which was being a potato.
I sat down to write and contemplate my faith, my thought patterns, and how my experiences shape and affect how I view the world. I realized I hated being told to follow blindly or to be told not to do something without a rational reason, even more if the reason is merely baseless fear. I hate being told to not do things that could possibly enrich me because of the fear that in my wandering, that they will lose me. Being able to write that down and synthesize, connect my thought patters helped me understand what triggers me.
It was helpful that I spoke with Isay the day before and she told me, that a Jesuit priest, Father Martinez, who was at the Jesuit Residence in Ateneo told her, “If you don’t find it here (church), that’s okay.”
I got to do a kettlebell workout. This in itself is therapeutic.
I saw episode 11 of Atypical Family. I had almost given up on the series because it felt so sad. But Episode 11, redeemed that. I actually cried.
In the afternoon I read a chapter from Ikigai which talked about Frankl’s Logotherapy and Morita Therapy which are more forward looking/action-based types of therapy versus Psychoanalysis and childhood/trauma-based types.
I think we have to be reminded that just because we read something, it doesn’t mean we have to do what it says, we do not need to follow what is proclaimed to be beneficial. Some books, you read as if listening to someone else’s opinion. OR, you take the bits that you think can help you. And discard the rest.
And in the late afternoon I rewatched Bridgerton Season 3, Part 1. And was reminded that I fell in love with the Nicola Coughlan in real life, versus Pen. (Or the Nicola Coughlan we see in her press tour with Luke). How inspiring it is to be as confident, articulate, and warm as she is. And her shows Derry Girls, Bridgerton, and Big Mood showed her range as an actor.
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