Dear Jim/Jamie:
Thank you for remembering me and sharing with me: it is making me smile (I am smiling as I type this) the change you made, opening the back door instead of turning on the TV. And it is a good thing that you can hear the sounds of nature when you open that door!

Sounds make a difference. Part of me still trembles at the memory of sounds of screaming, my mother crying and wailing and screaming… When I was 23 or so i spent one night in a home with a family of a mother, a father (not my own) and a few children. I slept upstairs. In the morning the sun came through the window by my bed. It was a bright, gentle sun. ANd then I heard what i call since “the whispers in the kitchen.” It was the mother and the father whispering so not to wake up the children (and me, maybe) upstairs. Those were the most beuatiful sounds i heard. When i came downstairs for breakfast, with the children, the mother was standing and the father kissed her before going to work. They were talking in gentle voices. I never forgot that day- the sounds of that day.

Regarding core beliefs, my input (i hope it is okay even though you presented the question to another)- core beliefs can be changed of course, over time, through insight and skills and practice. I am very familiar with the process.

Continue to take care of yourself. Later:
anita