For my many years as coach and counselor, these foundational Principles of SSCBM have provided a guiding light for me, through the complexities and intricacies of human behavior. From first contact with my client, to our last goodbyes upon completion of our work together, I know I have
an ally in these principles.
Together, my clients and I can reframe life’s challenges as lessons to be learned; find the joy inside the pain of heartbreak; break through the barriers of self-doubt and shame; comprehend that it is interconnectivity with all that exists that informs inner vision. These are some of the gifts of these Principles.
On Wednesday January 20, 2021, I watched live video of history being made during the Inauguration of President Joe Biden and the first Black & South Asian woman to be vice president, Kamala Harris.
While tremendously moved by the whole process, I was riveted as I experienced the brilliant light beaming out into the world through the poetic magic of the first Youth Inaugural Poet Laureate, Amanda Gorman. She began her poem with these words. “When day comes, we ask ourselves, ‘where can we find light in the never-ending shade, the loss we carry, a sea we must
wade?’
Every time I am privileged to sit with a client, I see them as LIGHT, infinite, eternal.....
When I can empower others to see the underlying truth of the transformational and soul development work they came here to do, they can more easily meet the challenge of whatever life may put in front of them.
Amanda Gorman’s poem expressed perfectly “The Hill We Have to Climb” to achieve the lofty goal of a country united. But her words were more than about unity in the United States. I felt those words ring true at the deepest levels of the human experience. I
recognize the power of Amanda’s words in the intentions embedded in the foundation principles I work to live by.
These Foundational Principles are the power behind my ability to empower my clients to find their own transformation. They are the light that guides me. They show me how to shine my light in such a way that others are not afraid to do what it takes to shine theirs.
At the completion of her poem, Amanda said this about our nation, and the people who call it home. “When day comes, we step out of the shade, aflame and unafraid. The new dawn blooms as we free it. For there is always light if only we’re brave enough to see it, if only we’re brave enough to be it.” To read Amanda Gorman's Inaugural Address, click here.
My wish for myself, and for you, is that we are brave enough to both see and be the light that we need to be in order to encourage the light to shine bright in those whose lives we touch.
Here's to your Power Empower the Light!
Georgette Star MA, D.Min