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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm
Go back, continue to move forward. It might be a cycle I need to repeat in the future (like next week), but for today, I'm looking back but enjoying the view of having moved forward.
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Thanks for sharing your story and that of your client. Stories like these inspire me.
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Originally Posted by 3rdTimesTheCharm
In my conceptualizing of what I am trying to do, my past abuse is a page in the book of my life. I am neither obsessed with focusing on that page nor do I need to avoid it. Sometimes I look at it and try to make what I understand more rich and nuanced, or even correct it. Other times I just look back and honor it.
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I like the idea of honoring it. It is a page in your book, after all. But viewing it as just one page helps give it context. One page among many, honor each one.