Forgiveness is a choice but it often only comes after so many years of living out the consequences of being hurt by the unconsciousness of others. This is an older post in which I explored these themes.
Life isn’t here to serve us it is here to unfold some larger mystery through us.
This thought came to me when I was considering a reply to a friend who has been emailing me recently. We came into contact after many years apart, over 20 and have been sharing about our lives and relationships, most especially with our parents: the difficulties and challenges we went through and the harsh treatment my friend received when growing up from her father around her emotions fears and vulnerabilities.
What she told me was a very poignant story of how as a child she would be scared of the dark and want a light left on. Her father bullied her and told her she was being a baby for needing this. Now many years later her aging father, a Vietnam vet, has the onset of dementia and it is being recommended that a light…
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Emerging From The Dark Night 