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“Letting go is a painful prcess filled with both grief and coming alive at the same time. One part of us clings to the old familiar and fractured portions of ourself as the new emerging unfamiliar nature of our true self comes alive. Inside we have this last bit of grasping or crying out: My…

I asked L.L. Barkat, author of Stone Crossings: Finding Grace in the Hard and Hidden Places when it was that she’d become a writer. She answered with a typically simple, yet thoughtful response, “I don’t know…was it when I wrote, illustrated and bound books as a young girl?”  I recalled this when I read a piece she…

The following comment from kenneth on yesterday’s post, Why Is It So Hard to Let Go of Our Shortcomings?, provides an interesting take on the question of letting go. What do you think of his assertion that we would prefer to remain in a predictable spot – even when it is uncomfortable or self destructive…

Whether pursued through therapy, recovery or spiritual endeavors, sustained transformational change of heart, mind and life is difficult to achieve. Who hasn’t made and broken a commitment to get more organized, stop smoking, quit drinking, work more, work less, stop snapping at our kids, be more caring toward out spouse, etc.? And yet, despite an…
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