I recently took a class in Oslo with art therapy as its focus. We focused on being present with ourselves & our new environment. I learned a ton about focus & being present that weekend. I believe that art therapy is the future of therapy as it uses all your senses to achieve this. As someone who has spent decades in therapy, I like the model they used in art therapy.

By focusing on the present you can better begin to understand the past & how it has influenced you. Staying in the present & in your body helps you process trauma & other events in your life. I met some great people that work within trauma & therapy.

We danced & painted & shared what happened as we moved within the different aspects of therapy. I learned by dancing that it refocuses us on the present. It brings our thoughts into movement & helps us process feelings & emotions.

I met some wonderful people at the class & feel that I’m on the right path when it comes to therapy & my future.

A few weeks ago I thought it was as simple as changing to an electronic lock, today I spent hours switching passwords on all our home electronics. That takes the Stalking to a whole new level.

You see they had hacked all our electronics including the camera in the kitchen facing the front door. Not only does that mean that they stepped up the surveillance of us to another level. Creepy & illegal.

Now, they no longer have “all access” to our house. I discovered that our living room table is no longer covered in a black filament, a gift they’d leave when they were inside our house. Our living room table is not surprisingly clean since we changed the lock.

The Only way in now is if they break glass, something I hope doesn’t happen. But the surveillance of us was uncomfortable & yucky to discover. However, when I was on the phone with the internets company someone tried our door & the dog reacted appropriately. By barking.

The guy on the phone got concerned, I had a witness to someone trying to access our house. Funny, it didn’t take long for me to put the pieces together, they’re tweakers with a dash of hacking abilities. It’ll make it easier to get them in the box.

I start this week with a sigh & sadness as someone I dearly loved has left my life. Signs were there for months that her heart was no longer in it. As my friends know from high school, I will stand by you no matter what. As long you respect my boundaries & support me. I will do the same.

When communication breaksdown I no longer put effort into relationships & would rather walk away. I’ve learned that there’s no point in trying when the other person doesn’t pull their share of the relationship.

There are many people I have come & gone from my life. That happens to everyone, I’m not the first to experience this. When you’re in my life, I am loyal to a fault but in my life I have learned that in my past I have been too trusting & shared too much.

Now, I screen who is in my life & there’s plenty I won’t let into my inner circle. I support all the people in my life that no matter what. Trust me I have heard some outrageous stories from my friends through the years, the difference is I don’t walk away, I show support & stand by them.

That’s what you do if you’re friends with someone, you support them because you never know when you may need the same support.

There’s always give & take in relationships, always new under currents that can pull you away & out to sea. It’s how you swim in the rip current, if you swim straight towards shore you’ll be pulled out to sea, you have to zigzag & only swim when there is a wave, that’s how you get back to shore.

In my friendships if someone is going through a tough time, I will always zigzag with them & keep them safe, because that’s what friends do.