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How Might Your Life Story Change If You Let Go of Old Hurts?

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How Might Your Life Story Change If You Let Go of Old Hurts?
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by Rev. Karon Sandberg

We tell stories about our lives to others and to ourselves. Our stories help us make sense of things that happened to us. My hospice patients have taught me how important letting go of old hurts can be at end of life. This got me thinking about how letting go of old hurts allows us to open up space for a new way of seeing. Perhaps it might offer opportunity for changing the narrative of some of those more difficult stories to ones that offer us more peace.

 

Shining Light on Shame

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by Rev. Karon Sandberg

All of us carry things we are ashamed of. Many of us have suffered trauma, some of us have smaller aggressions that have occurred to us. Shame, at any level, shapes us and whispers things to us that may not be true. We give shame power when we keep those things hidden in the dark. What would happen if we dragged it out into the light?