“You'll have a good, secure life when being
alive means more to you than security, love more than money, your freedom more
than public or partisan opinion, when the mood of Beethoven's or Bach's music
becomes the mood of your whole life … when your thinking is in harmony, and no
longer in conflict, with your feelings … when you let yourself be guided by the
thoughts of great sages and no longer by the crimes of great warriors … when
you pay the men and women who teach your children better than the politicians;
when truths inspire you and empty formulas repel you.” ~ Wilhelm Reich, Austrian
Psychoanalyst/Author
There are words from Brandi Carlile’s song, “The Story,” that I might sing, and perhaps you, too. “All of these lines across my face Tell you the story of who I am So many stories of where I've been And how I got to where I am But these stories don't mean anything When you've got no one to tell them to” You don’t have to be single or alone to feel the depth of those words. Someone in a longtime marriage or relationship might feel them, too. The voyage through life takes each one of us through an assortment of experiences. Some of them ennoble us. Some crush us. Some lift us beyond ourselves and carry us into the lives of those who need us. And some carry us to those we need. Some experiences are burdens. Others ease and encourage us. Some leave us baffled and unsure. Some build confidence within us and are so affirming that we grow in substance, in courage, in tenderness, and sympathy. As we age, the lines in our faces can represent the hurts we have not yet resolved. Or t
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