Wishing You a Double Dose of Peace, and a whole lot More

Wishing You a Double Dose of Peace

As the beauty of this winter holiday season begins, I have many peace-filled wishes to share with you.  

I hope you are sitting with a good friend.  Or maybe near a loved one.  Or along side a dear companion, or close-by a cherished pet-friend, or if you prefer, with some really good books, and maybe a couple of good stuffies.

For you with a dissociative system, I encourage you to also sit with your insiders, feeling that connection and companionship with them.  They are your people — the more cohesion there is among you, the better.

And as you find your very own comfy cozy place, I hope you experience a peace-filled view, both inside and out.

Peaceful thoughts from sweet Pinky and little baby JoeJoe.

Pink and Joe have been important to the DD community for many years.   Who knew, way back in 2015, this pair of Australian kelpies would enjoy more than a decade of being friendly, helpful, playful companions for dissociative trauma survivors all over the world.  

May you, too, find a meaningful road in your life, no matter where that road takes you, despite the unexpected twists and turns.  And as you go, may you meet many interesting people along the way, have many exciting adventures, and travel far and wide to many beautiful places.

Oh, and JoeJoe adds… may you do a lot of happy “Go Joe’s” along the way! 

May your year be doubly bright and colorful.

Rainbow lorikeets fly together, singing as they go.  They zip and flip around in all directions, never complaining, seeming to never tire.  Being so naturally beautiful and amazing, they of course, make your day feel better, more cheerful, and peacefully  light-hearted, just because they are there.  

May your life be one that creates joy and beauty too, just because you’re there, making the space a little better.  It doesn’t take that much to bring a smile to someone’s face.  May you and your insiders be people who find ways to spread good cheer, inside and out, helping others feel a little better, even on the rough days.

And may these fascinating multi-colored lorikeets who function well in large groups inspire you to bring your people together, no matter your differences, encourage you to share space together, and making your inside world a little brighter too!

May you have twooo many good days ahead!

Jorgie and Jordy, the fuzzy darker orange boys from the DD-adopted litter of kittens, wish you many, many good days ahead.  In this picture, they are only 15 days old, and just starting to see, hear, and experience the world. 

Can you imagine being only 15 days old?  What do the littlest ones in your system think about these tiny orange kittens?  Can you hear your little ones talking with you?  What are they saying?  Take the time to stop what you’re doing and listen inside — what do you hear?  Learning to have ongoing frequent internal communication is the key to your healing.  And, in oh so many ways, good communication starts with listening more than talking.

This year, may your internal eyes and ears pop open like Jorgie and Jordy’s were starting to do.  May you learn to hear what you need to hear for your healing and your growth.

Oh, and by the way, both of these orange J-boys have grown into big ol’ huge cats now.  They aren’t little any more — they are easily 15+ pounds each.  Yep!  Huge cats! 

May you pair-up with the courage to meet someone new!  

Sometimes in life, we see someone new.   Do you have the courage to meet new people?

What if you need to meet someone new inside your system?  What if you are first meeting someone much bigger than you?  Or what if you are first-time meeting someone much smaller than you?  When the differences are massive, how do you handle that?

Pixie and Jazzy are clearly very different from each other, but these two gals have learned how to be great pals.  They play, they nose-nuzzle, they buddy-up together.  Their wish for you this year is to learn how to be friends with the people in your system who are definitely different from you, to have the courage to meet them, and the willingness to build a lasting quality relationship with them.  

The good news is, insiders who are different from you will likely have a whole new set of strengths and abilities, not the same as your skills.  It’s probably advantageous to your team to bring them in as friends and companions.  They will have something positive to contribute to your healing.

May you also become friends with all those imperfect insiders.

Jorgie and JJ Kitty have become very good buds, and their lop-sided mustaches have not prevented their friendship from growing.  These are very imperfect cats.  They have many troubles.  

Jorgie is a little too hefty and his fur mats too easily.  He gets in the way and crawls into the cabinets far too quickly.  Sometimes, he’s a bit of a bully and plays too rough.  He uses his sharp little claws in not-so-great ways.

JJ, is also a very imperfect cat.  He has his broken front leg which is permanently bent, not fully functional, and gives him a chronic limp.  His crooked mustache is a stark feature, and his jaw isn’t quite right due to his early kitten-hood trauma.  (Did I tell you that story yet?  I’ll have to write more about him.)  

Anyway, the point is, these two cats are not perfect.  They have issues. They have troubles. They aren’t perfectly gorgeous.  

AND, they are wonderful.  Their quirks just make them funny and interesting.  They are oddballs and a bit weird, but they fit right in.  They are friends with each and every dog, and nose-boopie all of them, even Joe.  Yep, kelpie-cats, all of them.

What’s the obvious moral of the story here?  Do you accept your weird, wonky insiders?  Can you find ways to understand them despite their weirdness?  Can you accept them despite the trauma they’ve been through?

May you find truly loyal friends this year.

Zeekee and Cowboy are true blue brothers.  They are an unlikely pair, and they don’t look like or act alike, they aren’t the same size or shape, but they are nearly inseparable.  They know what loyalty means.  It’s sad, in some ways, that these little puppies understand more about sticking faithfully with their good buddy than people do.  

Their wish for you is to build relationships with people who are not flip-flops.  To find people who stay loyal to the truth and don’t hurt you with betrayal and back-stabbing.  These little pup-cakes can teach many people lessons about how to stay friends with their friends!

This wish also includes being loyal to your insiders.  What does that mean?  That means for insiders to learn to not do things that hurt the others in the system.  That means for system folks to spend time together, and figure out how to enjoy each other’s company, and how to build trust with each other.  This means to stay away from outside abusers and to not participate in harmful activities, and that every single person in your system gets to live a safe life.  

We wish loyal friends in your life who are truly kind to you, and not someone who hurts you.

Wishes of peace and more peace from the whole kelpie-crew.

From the whole kelpie family and me, we wish these things for you, and we wish you the very best this holiday season.  

May you find ways to peacefully sit with your own family — either your inside system family or your outside family.   When it comes to your insiders, may your differences not get in the way and may the blending of your strengths be something you cherish and use for growth.

We send you warm thoughts and wishes for this holiday season.

Most of all, we wish you loads of peace in your healing journey.

Warmly, 

Kathy

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