Whatever our past has been, it is ours. Our best strategy is to embrace it, nurture it, reconcile with it, and create our future as we wish it to be. The difficulties of someone's early life may ... Read More about Embracing the Past
Week 41: Home and the Past
Healing
Returning home, taking comfort, making peace with and embracing the past all make healing possible. Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding. [Kahlil Gibran, The ... Read More about Healing
Taking Pride
One kind of pride lifts us up; the other brings us down. “Pride is an interesting emotion because it simultaneously focuses on the self and on others.” The essential difference between healthy ... Read More about Taking Pride
Returning Home – Reuniting – Reconciling – Reclaiming
Coming home gives us a chance to take another look at people and places we once saw through different eyes. If you go back to your home town or you're reunited with school friends, its always ... Read More about Returning Home – Reuniting – Reconciling – Reclaiming
Reconsidering
Over a lifetime, we have plenty of time to think things over - or so it seems. Reconsidering is an aspect of being open. By reconsidering, we can learn from our mistakes, adapt to change, make ... Read More about Reconsidering
Taking Comfort from Home
Memories of home can bring great comfort. Home is the nicest word there is. [source unclear] Home isn’t a place, it’s a feeling. [attributed to Cecelia Ahern] When I go home, it's an easy way ... Read More about Taking Comfort from Home
Home and Our Debt to the Past
Home is where we were during our formative years. In large measure, home made us what we are. Home refers to the place, physical and spiritual, where we spent our formative years. For some of us, ... Read More about Home and Our Debt to the Past