Painful Progress - celebrating all the seasons
Have you ever winced through another explanation of an extremely painful moment in your life as all the feelings rush back to flood your system? You wonder, I thought I dealt with all that? It comes up over and over, despite your success and how you have moved on? You know deep down that you have grown and learned new skills because of that painful period, even though you wonder if it was really “necessary” for that growth. Could there be a way to memorialize both the horrors and joys of the progress you made in your journey? A remembrance. Historically, people have celebrated this with statues, annual celebrations, art, storytelling… what if you could create your own memorial, what would it include? How would you represent your story visually? What rituals would you want to establish to affirm the pain and acknowledge the progress? Isn’t this part of the holiday season many of us celebrate in the winter months? That light conquers darkness and death? What can you do today to remember your light?