the knee bone’s connected to the…well, shit
Remember that song from childhood? “Dem Bones” is an old song inspired by a story in the Bible, a prophecy about dry bones being someday resurrected and filled with life again. In many ways, that’s the metaphorical goal of counseling and coaching.
The song also points to the inter-connectedness of our parts...pain in the knee bone might actually be a highway straight to depression. Just like Oklahoma’s Route 66 connects one town to another all over our country, the knee bone really is connected to everything else.
In my first career I worked with the body, and in the second half of my professional life I learned to work with the mind. I found that suffering in one area of our life usually leads to suffering in another part of our life.
For example, things that happened in childhood can result in real problems that persist through adulthood.
A struggle in a person’s insides can cause problems on the outside, such as in relationships, or at work.
If someone feels chronically sad or anxious, their body might be affected. This is the source of stress-related physical illness.
Stomach ache, sleepless nights, or broken heart, it all matters and it all can affect our daily living.
Hope is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something is worth doing no matter how it turns out.
~Václav Havel
