In the depths of winter I finally learned there was in me an invincible summer.: Conroy

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Friday, August 2, 2013

Trying to get away

"Somehow we managed to survive that day, but none of us ever experienced the deliverance of recovery. I realize you can walk away from anything but a wounded soul." - Pat Conroy

Perhaps the soul knows how to heal itself. The challenge for me is to silence the mind.

Disclaimer from the author

I write under a long-ago created pen name that has no connection to anyone I know. It is a name under which the “real” me could never be discovered. And I write to save my very soul. This is raw. This is me. This is the kind of honestly that one could never get from conversation with me. This is my vulnerability spelled out, word for word, and at times, it’s still surface-level vulnerability. If I’ve led you here to read this, I either know or pray that you would spend the time to fully understand what I’m writing. And to ask me questions if you don’t. And to know that there is so much more but there are only so many hours in a day…