Our Well of Strength

​The mushroom inside a mushroom is a piece of traumatized wood, also made of yew like the outer piece, but discolored because a foreign body like a nail had been driven and it was forced to outgrow. This represents the wounded inner child that needs to be brought in from the cold and given its proper place in our lives. The overall piece is shaped like a well, and this is most significant because it is the wounded and vulnerable part of ourselves that becomes our well of strength and compassion.
 
In terms of loving ourselves, the part that we usually most need to love and connect with is our inner wounded child. In the previous posting the deeper issue was not that the lady had been abused when she was aged five, but more that she was still abusing that child. It was her relationship with that part of herself that was now causing her grief. She was still holding that child responsible for what had happened and not allowing it to be part of her life. In effect she was still doing to that child what had been done to her. It was this core part of herself that needed to be brought home and embraced in love.

---