Brave Enough To Be Bliss

Text to Ginger Rothhaas on Jun 7, 2022 My Compassion Fix Graduation Message

This morning, I took some steps without support, so I think I made it through this ordeal. It’ll still be a long way until I’m running ready again…but I’ve kept my mind right with only a few bad days through the past 9 weeks and really the past nine months sin ce the in jury. I’ve gained a few pounds from emotional eating but I can get them off, I’ve deepened relationships with wonderful peopl e I dearly love, I’ve learned to receive the gift of others caring for my physical needs, I’ve taken steps forward in learning the difference between offering support and encouragement and letting people go who need to do their own healing and not spend my time and energy trying to fix them which of course is impossible, I’ve learned to do my own self -reflection and figure out what is really going on inside when I’m conflicted, I’ve learned to share my truth with others even if they disagree and understand that’s ok, and most of all I’ve learned that I am loved and likely always have been, I’m just able to receive it and b elieve it now. So regardless of what the future holds for this Ginger, please know that you have changed my life and I truly believe in the process you have begun changing many other lives too. I see people growing and changing because they’ve watched me grow and change. As I say in the book, it’s as though you saw my soul before you even knew me. Tears of joy are streaming down my face reflecting on where I started and where I am now. There are absolutely NO adequate words or gifts to thank you and show you my appreciation for what you have done for me. As you relax and enjoy these summer months, just know that your work has truly been life giving to me and I hope to do the same for someone else someday. And perhaps that is the thanks I can give to you, sharing all you’ve taught me with other s. And in that way your hard work is multiplied through a network you may never know, but who are each on the receiving end of your life changing, life giving compassion and love. By late July or early August, I found out I was going to have to have another surgery because despite all the effort by the physical therapists and me, my knee simply refused to bend like it was supposed to. It wasn’t great news, of course, but it was necessary. The good news was that I could bend much further the day after surgery, so I knew right away it was worth it. Now that wasn’t without pain, of course, but I didn’t even care, I just wanted to get back to my old active self and whatever it took was OK with me. After a couple weeks of recovery and deep thought, I sent Ginger a text message saying I had decided to delay coaching and focus on getting the book finished. This was her response back to me. Not surprising, full of encouragement, support and compassion. A part of me was disappointed not to be moving in that direction, and I felt a bit like I was letting her down, but she had taught me to listen to my heart and soul and that’s what it was telling me at the time, so I had to trust it. I love and miss you, my former coach and hopefully now my forever friend, Ginger “You’ve got to go out on a limb, because that’s where the fruit is.” Will Rogers

Text to Ginger Rothhaas Fri, Sep 2, 2022

This is beautiful Ginger! Great work on knowing what you need to do and listening to your inner wisdom. We tend to run when we are afraid, and the best way of healing that pattern is staying still and facing what it is we are afraid of. You are doing that. Joseph Campbell said “ The cave we fear the most is where the treasure lies, ” and I understand that quote more deeply every year.

Your book as top priority feels so right to me. You owe it to yourself to cross the finish line.

I will send you any nuggets I find in your file. And as you complete the book, if you find a place where you need more, don’t hesitate to ask me if I remember anything that might be insightful to the story. It has been my honor to watch this story unfold and you will help so many people by telling it.

I’m excited for what is ahead for you. This is a really sound decision and a sign of health and inner strength. Press on with the book, God is lining up the readers!!

“The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same.” Steve Maraboli

There have been so many employees who I have seen potential in, but who I ’ve sensed don’t believe in their own. It has been one of the greatest joys of my career to assist employees in discovering what lies beneath their fear and oftentimes, the pain from their past.

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