Dearest Sam,
Regarding your most recent post (first of the two)...please allow me to comment on your not standing up to that teacher. At that time, you were given a WRONG INDICATION that you had stolen that poem. Is that correct? When one is given a wrong indication, it can stir up all sorts of trouble unless it is handled. It can actually stick your energy right at that horrible past time when the wrong indication was given. It can possibly lead to your current shyness for giving speeches. One thing you might consider is this....I'd write a letter to that teacher. I know it's sounds silly after all these years, but vindication can be very healing and you don't have to worry about it being silly. See if you can track down that teacher. If not, then I strongly suggest you send it to the Principal of that school. You can explain how this experience had affected you and simply say that you wanted to pass it along to all the other teachers at that school as a loving way to keep this from ever happening to another child.

While it may seem a bit over-dramatic, I can almost promise you that it will END that cycle of invalidation for you once and for all. You will have finally done something with that wrong piece of energy that was given to you, thus unsticking yourself from it.

I'd be most happy to take a look at your letter should you agree to try this experiment. The letter should not be angry, but should contain a message that teachers should never make students wrong. When you concentrate on wrongness, you get more wrongness. So, just ask them to take that into consideration for the future generations of students.

Now, I will take this theme and elaborate on it in my next post to follow.

With admiration,
Heidi

"And, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make." Paul McCartney