{"id":2276,"date":"2017-06-02T06:00:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T10:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/?p=2276"},"modified":"2017-05-19T18:45:37","modified_gmt":"2017-05-19T22:45:37","slug":"the-greatest-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/thequeenofmyself\/2017\/06\/the-greatest-gift.html","title":{"rendered":"The Greatest Gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood\u00a0and touched by them.\u00a0 The greatest gift I can\u00a0give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person. When this is done, I feel\u00a0contact has been made.<\/p>\n<p>I want to love you without clutching,\u00a0appreciate you without judging,\u00a0join you without invading,\u00a0invite you without demanding,\u00a0leave you without guilt,\u00a0criticize you without blaming,\u00a0and help you without insulting.<\/p>\n<p>If I can have the same from you, then\u00a0we can truly meet and enrich each other.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/author\/show\/312508.Virginia_Satir\">Virginia Satir<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>* ***<br \/>\nDonna Henes is the author of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thequeenofmyself.com\"><em>The Queen of My Self: Stepping into Sovereignty in Midlife<\/em>.<\/a> She offers counseling and upbeat, practical and ceremonial guidance for individual women and groups who want to enjoy the fruits of an enriching, influential, purposeful, passionate, and powerful maturity. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donnahenes.net\/queen\/consult.shtml\">Consult the MIDLIFE MIDWIFE\u2122<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Queen welcomes questions concerning all issues of interest to women in their mature years. Send your inquiries to <a href=\"mailto:thequeenofmyself@aol.com\">thequeenofmyself@aol.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I believe the greatest gift I can conceive of having from anyone is to be seen, heard, understood\u00a0and touched by them.\u00a0 The greatest gift I can\u00a0give is to see, hear, understand and touch another person. When this is done, I feel\u00a0contact has been made. 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