How do you improvise in your life? Can you let go of expectations and go with the flow? How can you begin to do this? In Tina Fey’s book Bossypants, she features an essay entitled “Yes, and…,” in which she offers up the “rules” for improvisational acting. These “rules” fit in well with navigating the waters of relationships. We must learn to respond to each other from a place of true listening without pushing our own agenda. We get to learn how to play with each other and learn new things together if we want our relationships to evolve. Exploring new facets of our relationships with others begins with exploring these within ourselves. Let’s talk about some of these ideas and see where we can start improvising in our relationships with more intention.
Rev. DiAnna Ritola, an Interfaith Minister, Spiritual & Relationship Counselor, spoke at UUFH in December.