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Prairie Librarian's avatar

Beautiful, resonant essay. So much of my own healing has come because I started to see my wounds, my spasms of shame, all the times when ugly things would threaten to overflow in me... all of these are teachers. They have all taught me about the path I have been on, the path forward, the steps I will need to take. And NONE of it is straightforward or linear. The detours from the path, the shortcuts that turn out to be dead ends, the obstacles we trip over -- these are not detours or dead ends or obstacles, they ARE the path.

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"But I write anyway, if only just for me"

So much resonation with all of this. So many good things to pull out in order to remember.

The concept of "Busying our Brains" ... I am so relieved to see this idea in someone else. This past week I came to the realization that we consume so much in social media, that we don't tun into ourselves. Or maybe its just me. Thus leading me to the thing that brings out my authenticity, expressive writing. And taking a step away from social media so that I may step closer to myself. So "I write anyway, if only just for me"

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