MY FATHER WAS A GREAT ALLY THAT I HAD AS A CHILD. HE WAS A PSYCHOLOGY MAJOR WHO LATER IN LIFE SOLD ALL KINDS OF PRODUCTS INCLUDING UNIFORMS AND SHOES. HE HAD A WAY OF BEING GENTLE WITH PEOPLE WHO WERE HIS CLIENTS AS WELL AS BOTH MY BROTHER AND I.
AS BARBARA SHER MENTIONS IN HER BOOK, LIVE THE LIFE YOU LOVE, SHE SAYS TO USE IMAGINARY OR REAL ALLIES WHO SUPPORT YOU THROUGH LIFE. AS NATIVE AMERICANS LEARNED THEY ALWAYS HAD ALLIES IN THEIR TRIBE OR IN NEARBY TRIBES. AS A COACH I USED TO TELL PEOPLE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT DURING THE WEEK TO EXPAND YOUR SELF DEVELOPMENT. IF IT FEELS FEARSOME BRING AN ALLY WITH YOU. NATIVE AMERICANS CALLED FORTH THEIR ANIMAL SPIRITS WHO WERE VERY POWERFUL HEALERS. THEY BELIEVED THESE SPIRITS COULD PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN WHENEVER THEY WERE CALLED ON. THEY BELIEVED WHEN THEY FELL ASLEEP THEY WENT ON A DREAM JOURNEY AND THEY WOULD GATHER THEIR SPIRIT ALLIES EVERY NIGHT TO WATCH OVER THEM.
THI S BELIEF SHOWS A DEEP UNDERSTANDING OF OUR HUMAN NEEDS. YOU KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE WITH SOMEONE WHEN YOU TRAVEL TO A FOREIGN PLACE VS. GOING BY YOURSELF. WE HAVE A PRIMITIVE INSTINCT WITHIN US THAT THAT BRINGS UP FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN. OUR SPIRITUAL BEINGS FEEL BETTER WHEN WE AREWITH CLOSE FRIENDS.
ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HAVING A JOURNEY WAS WHEN I WAS 18 I TOOK A TRIP BY BUS FROM OHIO TO MEXICO TO WORK AS AN ARCHAEOLOGIST. I MADE ALLIES WITH SOME OF THE FOLKS AT MY FIELD SCHOOL AND WE ENJOYED EACH OTHERS COMPASNY AS WE TRAVELLED BY BUS TO DIFFERENT VILLAGES. IT FELT MUCH SAFER TO DO THIS WITH SOME FRIENDS VS BY MYSELF.
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