You find peace not by rearranging the circumstances of your life, but by realizing who you are at the deepest level.
–Thomas Merton
I’ve begun trauma therapy after living with PTSD for thirty years, and I’m finding it, well, traumatic. Please God, may all of this pain lead me to the peace Merton describes.
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Thanks Cheryl. I will stick with it, I’m just scared. It helps to hear you’ve been there, in your own way, and are glad you did the therapy, etc. thanks so much xoxoxo
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