What Color (or WHO) is Your Monkey?

Peridot [no longer around] said Nov 3, 2007, 2:59 PM:
 


Sprite and I have been exchanging blogs and comments about some emotional and behavioral patterns that we're both sick and tired of having. It was a big coincidence that yesterday our early morning blogs were so much alike! Aley discovered us and made the connection! Thank you Aley! So, we're doing some play therapy on the issue… and in the process, have been discovering that our patterns are frightfully similar! Shock and horror! Ahhhh, I bet we aren't the only 2 adult women (or men) who have these silly monkeys controlling our lives! 

http://artyst51.zaadz.com/blog/2007/11/my_horror-scope_for_the_week_of_november_1st_

http://buddingspritelet.zaadz.com/blog/2007/11/wanderings_on_the_
road_of_therapy_and_alone_again

We want to share with you all and are offering this place here on the Play Pod as a support group of sorts. Paul has been offering a lot of support and compassion. He seems to have his monkey-shit well tended! Congrats Paul!

So - this could be the start of something that needs to be done on a larger scale… but let's start by playing around with it a bit and see where it takes us! 
In the process of un-doing patterns… for me, I'm reminded that baby steps is the way to go. So, we are tending the roots of these little monkey demons, nurturing them and loving them. Getting to know them and letting them have a few temper tantrums and make a few messes… and like good monkey mommies and dads, we'll help them clean up the mess and maybe, maybe this time - gain a little insight and awareness.

I suspect that I was born with some of my patterns, having carried them with me from past lives. Others I've learned along this long and steep and slippery highway.  I sure hope I can undo one or 2 at least over the course of the rest of this blessed lifetime. 

I'll start with a few of my favorite monkeys - gotta love 'em!



This is “One too many monkey”
Sometimes after I've had an especially difficult day and sometimes even after a really great day… I find that I do a litle too much snacking after dinner. It starts off innocently enough. One wise bowl of fiber cereal w/ lo fat yogurt. Then I get that salty-crunchy thang going and before I know it - I've made a bee-line to the kitchen about 6 or 7 times. All little things and all quite healthy but it adds up!


I need a hug monkey

This one is self-explanatory… I feel like a little kid. Didn't know better. Shucks. Poop!
That's not fair!!!