Tag: owning our story
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Reflections on The Book of Forgiving
The Book of Forgiving– The Fourfold Path for Healing Ourselves and Our World, by Desmond and Mpho Tutu is a book I have had on my shelf for many years. I would read a few chapters, and then put it back. Not because it wasn’t good, quite the contrary. It’s because as I read about…
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The Paradox of Remembering Your Story and Letting Go
When a painful event happens, it is normal to have an urge to ignore its impact. Sometimes we think this is just “letting go” or “getting over it.” We can go years without exploring the emotions associated and think that whatever happened didn’t really affect us all that much. But our behavior tells a different…