Slay the dragon
“The thing you most need is always to be found, where you least want to look”
I drew a monster greeting my clients and reminding them to look within. The monster’s teeth are mountains (of dreams), while the snake tongue tells us how we are inadequate.
From Jordan B. Peterson’s talk:
Dragons grow if ignored. They have a life of their own. Dragons want to be noticed.
If something is nagging you, deal with it before it becomes a full fledged dragon.
If something is already a full fletched dragon, deal with it as well.
In either case, you may need help.
Benefits of Therapy:
Confess what’s wrong
Get your ‘story’ straight
Confront your fears
Get a piece of the dragon
What if we were adapted to the world and it was like a story:
What if the story was like this:
You have absolutely everything you need
But you have to use all of it
If you run away from any of it
(In particular that which frightens you)
You don’t get that piece of the dragon
And if you miss even one piece, there’s a chink in your armour.
There’s a place where you’re vulnerable.
If you make even one mistake, you lessen yourself.
If you lessen yourself, you’re going to run away more.
Not only that, when someone wants to lean on you, they’re not going to be able to lean on you, because you will just fall over.
What if it was the case that we were adapted to the world ... so that if we make full use of all the talents we have, we would be okay?
What if it was the case that if we set out consciously to never run away from something, we know we shouldn’t run away from, that everything would be alright.”
