You hurt me. You didn’t hit me, cause pain, break the skin, loosen a tooth. You scared me when you pinned me against the wall… more than 35 years ago and I still hold a grudge, think less of you […]
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The Key Word in Amends
A sponsor told me the key word in “amends” is “mend.” ~ Vicki W Amend means to change. The change that is amends is mending, healing, repairing, stitching together, healing. Perhaps the damage done is ages old, from early childhood, […]
Continue reading »Who Is Harmed?
A party heard two shots fired, said they were inside a house. Was that a traumatic event, sleepless nights, haunted dreams to come? The news crew, probably others, too, arrived at the scene, waited, watched. What happened they could have […]
Continue reading »The Guilt Dump Dream
When amends have been made, lessons learned, responsibility nurtured, maturation triggered…still, guilt lingers. For years. Decades, lifetimes, and beyond… guilt converges, amasses, amalgamates, melds like plastic peanuts in a land dump, perpetual, imperishable, perdurable. Useless. Toxic. Malignant. Pernicious. Toxic waste […]
Continue reading »Forgiveness Equals Healing
To God, forgiveness and healing are the same. ~ Manuscript of CREATION’S PARABLES – GENESIS AND STANDARD SCIENCE, SUNG AS ONE by Jo Helen Cox Forgiveness is a magic salve? If so, is that God’s domain? Can I get hold […]
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