Starting with the letter A

What the alphabet has to teach us starting with the letter A

This is a follow up to the introductory article "What the Alphabet has to teach us." These are some of the words from various workshops. The workshops were given in various groups: grief; illness groups like heart, pain, cancer; church and community settings addressing any life transition.

The lists here under the letter A does not include all the words. Many times I would not start with a list but blank newsprint and take words from the group and asking how many identify with this word. I would write the word count down. These are words. often heard and written down. Based on some research have each person write the down may provide a deeper form of expression. See the research by Dr. Pennybaker.

The full exercise is a journey in naming the pan and identifying in a word the story that lies behind the word.

Although I have the word anger as number five in this list it often comes up sooner and almost always within the first five. Especially in a group where grief is being addresses the word can appear first.

Most of these words are orientation words, verbs, adverbs, and adjectives. Nouns are named. There were not as many under A. Bunker came up under B  Tunnel.

For a more thorough understanding of and orientation metaphors I encourage all to read Metaphors we live by George Lakoff and Mark Johnson. The PDF is the book. The chapter on orientation will give her some background.

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I suggest to folks you can use this individually when encountering more difficult situations. By putting words in all columns we maintain a more balanced approach to where we are and where we are going.

I haven't figured out how to get feed back on this blog. There is a place for comments but I sometimes wonder if Google is in charge of that. Still learning.

There is some potential to make this interactive with comments but not much has happened. Maybe Face book is another way to go???

Shalom,
Marlin Whitmer
Founder of the Befrienders in 1966, story listeners using the Art of Story Metaphor listening.

Pain Hurts Associated with the Transition	Paradox Contradictions/In Between	Possibilities Symbols of Hope & Healing
Advice	Asking (Why)	Aware
Abandonment	Acute/Chronic	Affirm
Aggressive	Ambiguity	Accept
Ache	Ambivalence	Accountability
Anger	Agonize/Accomplish	Acknowledge
Afraid	Anxiety	Acquaintance
Absent	Acceptance	Adam/Eve
Animosity	Answers	Admit
Aides	Adjusting	Adoration
Agony	Awkward	Advent
Agitation	Accident	Adventure
Addiction	Auto	Affection
Anti-Social	Attend	Abraham
Apprehension	Attention	Agape
Anguish	Awe	Absolution
Abuse	Action/Passive	Angel
Anxiety/Anxious	Anatomy	Appreciation
Again	Attitude	Archetype
Ashamed	Anticipation	Atonement
	Alone	Abstinence
	Adolescent
	Adult