In our lives, and especially in early childhood, we sometimes experience circumstances which may have threatened our integrity. To protect ourselves, we then tend to build up some sort of armor, each in our own way, so as not to feel this uncomfortable touch of the outside world.
Some day, however, we understand that what once protected us prevents us now from relating to others, to the world but – ironically – also from getting in touch with ourselves! That might be the time for us to have a closer look at this armor that we can imagine consists of scales, like those of a fish; to scrap and explore each of those scales, one by one.
With some little help, there is an opportunity to – symbolically – “eat” (digest and integrate) these scales and gradually a tiny miracle might happen: the solids that used to isolate us can converge to the center of ourselves, conveying our souls stability and flexibility, just as the spine does for our bodies. Such is the path of small steps (small scales transformed one by one)…
