Dysfunctional Goddess, Part II

 

Hey, I don’t knock your profession,” he said.

 

Suddenly she went still and white.  She was in one of those trance-like places he had seen her in before.  Geo knew this could last a while.  He wondered if maybe there was a way to sneak around Shiara and get that package that was for him.  He thought about it carefully.  All that had been happening was very important.  He was a Human Being allowed to enter a new universe.  He wanted to be worthy of this.  He wanted to be honorable.  He also wanted that package like a kid on Christmas.

 

When he looked at her again, there were tears rolling down Shiara’s face.  She nodded her head, and wiped the tears away.

 

“Are you okay?” asked Geo.

 

“Yes, no,” she said.

 

“Thanks for clarifying that,” he said.

 

“Oh Geo!” she said.  “The Voices told me that I am supposed to listen to you as a psychologist while we wait here.”

 

“It is not a fate worse than death!” he said. “I’ve had my own share of psychotherapy…”

 

“You are rather mature…” she said. “I mean, I was ‘gone,’ and you still did not tamper with your box, even though I was being a jerk.”

 

Whew, he thought,  that was a close one.  He smiled, and said “well, let’s talk now, and use the box as an example.”

 

“Okay,” she said.

 

“Alright,” he said “You get disappointed or angry, and I notice you go around kicking things.”

 

“Do I?” she said.  “I didn’t even realize!  Maybe that is why my foot has this blister!”

 

“See?” he said.  “This is not hard!  Now, think about the fact that the Voices have not given you permission to touch your package. Notice what happens to your body.”

 

A frown formed upon her face, and her eyebrows knit.  Her right leg started twitching.

 

“Aha!” she said.

 

“Yes.  Now when you are upset like this, the first thing you need to do is breathe deeply and find your center, before you do anything else.  Relax.  Find your inner tranquility.  It is there. Relax.  Let go of the package.”  He slipped it gently from her hands, suppressing a grin of triumph. “You are going to be great at this as long as you want to do it, and it will make you a much better goddess as well.”

 

Finally he had the package in his hands.  I'm not all that mature, he thought.

 

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