:: blame the extended gestation.... ::

:: Thursday, November 13, 2003 ::

I know you'll think its stupid but...

I've been in therapy for a little over a year now. Reaching that year mark really made me do a lot of thinking about what the point was; why was I in therapy? I can tell you that it has been both one of the most intellectually draining and intellectually stimulating experiences of my life. In my head recently i've been thinking of ideas about this novel I want to write on what i'd consider utopia; not cause I think you can make utopia but because I think its important to always have something out in front of you to remind you of what could be. Anyways I've realized that I think everyone should be in therapy; maybe not weekly but at least over some consistent time period. And its not because I want to create a whole new market of clients for therapist; the other half of my thoughts on this is that I think everyone should also be trained to participate as a therapist. So you'd have lots of part time therapists running around. It'd really get people to not only look at their own lives more in depth, but also learn how to respectfully participate in another persons endeavors into looking into their life. If we all did a little more introspective work and worked at helping others to do the same, maybe we'd have a different perspective on the world. I'm specifically saying it would be a better one (though i'm inclined to think so); I just think it'd definitely be different.

:: Jim Nichols 11/13/2003 01:33:00 PM [+] ::
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