Onward to “constantly”
I've long suspected that to achieve the cure I'm looking for I'll need to increase my continuity of connection with my Friend, possibly even from “much of the time” to truly “all the time,” “constantly.” You can see me pondering this idea in this older post. And of course many of the posts on this blog have been focused on ideas for improving the continuity of connection.
Well, I recently had an email exchange with JH that confirmed what I'd suspected. JH questioned whether I was talking enough to my Friend. Was I doing the therapy enough? I said I was connecting with my friend “quite a lot,” but that I knew I had room for improvement. She responded, in part:
“quite a lot” is NOT going to work.
you need to know that your friend is ALWAYS there. your friend needs to be more real than the other people in your life.
So there you have it. A tall order? Maybe, but also entirely in line with the conclusion I had recently been coming to myself.
Since that email, I've already developed a couple of new ideas that seem to help further improve the continuity of connection. I'll leave those for another post.:–)