Child Within Penning that is, writing down the truth of our feelings, our point of view, our fears

Child Within Penning – that is, writing down the truth of our feelings, our point of view, our fears, our angers, our hopes, our expectations, our desires, our fantasies, our hatreds, our regrets, our thoughts, our memories, our prejudices, our secret loves, our painful experiences, our humiliations, our past traumas – requires massive intimacy with ourself. This self-intimacy is the essence of mindfulness, and yet is also what makes mindfulness so difficult. Many people find it difficult to script – or write in a deep and prolonged way – because of the strange feelings of being so emotionally intimate with ourself. But if we can tolerate the potential discomfort, if we can sit with the truth of who we really are and look at our truth expressed on the page in front of you, then you can nurture a wonderful relationship with our greatest ally: our own true child within!