I have tonight just finished the last of a series of 6 week evening courses. I have been teaching this group for quite sometime – it started out as a 6 week course but has continued for a long time beyond that! Tonight I witnessed genuine friendship, a wonderful closeness and faith in human nature. One of the girls in the class has a brain tumour, it is not possible for it to be operated on and medically there is no telling what it will do. In one of the classes some months ago we discovered an emotional association to the tumour that made sense to her. It was about always being ‘a good girl and never doing anything naughty’. What came into my mind was that she had a very old association deep in her psyche around this and meal times. She recalled in her childhood mealtimes were often when her father let off steam and she sat there ‘like a good girl’. I told her she needed to be really naughty and stand in her kitchen and smash a few plates. Delighted with the idea, she promised to give it ago even though to her, it was so naughty she couldn’t bring herself to do it.

Well, tonight I asked her if she’s done it yet. She hadn’t, but said she’d do it this weekend. All of us knew she wouldn’t have the courage so the whole group offered to help. One got straight up, went outside into the main reception area of where the classes are held and contributed to the charity box for some crockery from the kitchen. Then at the end of the class we all went outside. It seemed really naughty because for starters we shouldn’t be smashing plates, secondly there is a whole bunch of people standing in the carpark cheering her on. She did it! We almost got told off by the venue until I said what it was for. The person who provided the plates had no idea what we were going to do with them. I told her when she heard the smashing! She said: “I’m so pleased I helped this lady tonight, I didn’t know what the plates were for, especially when the lady who asked for them said they wouldn’t be coming back, but I’m so glad a small decision could make such a big difference.” Good on all the people there, I’m so proud of what they did for each other, it brought tears to my eyes… xx

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