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Dear Lauri,
As hard as it may be to believe, you are not "damaged"
by past grief, "like a car crumpled in an accident",
you are actually improved by it. Speaking as a
recovering grudge-holder, I hung on to the past like
Linus from the Peanuts comic strip hung on to his
blanket! What I am learning is this: You have to look
hard at the past and see it clearly for what is was.
If it hurt, acknowledge that it hurt. Then once you
have seen it clearly, you can release it. You can
choose to let it go and refuse to give it any more of
your time or energy. All the good lessons you learned
from those challenges stay with you, but the pain
vanishes. The future before you is brightly lit and
totally unencumbered by the past.
Namaste!
Jo

--- mauidelite <TheHeavenLetters [at] heavenletters [dot] org>
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Today's letter spoke loud and clear to me....it
sounds great - but I don't comprehend HOW you
"empty your heart of past associations, past grief,
past holdings"? You don't have to work through
them, confront them, learn from them first
[Question] I can look out another window and see a
brighter future, but the hurt of the last 21 years
doesn't disappear. Am I hanging on to it - "like a
comforting old bathrobe" [Question] I want to
move on, but feel damaged - like a car crumpled in
an accident. Not totaled, but not "good as new"
either. Suggestions?

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Lauri