The act of telling our stories brings us together with our audience, whomever it may be – family, friends, support group, prayer group, therapist, etc. When they react to our story we know they are listening and caring. We are also forming a community with them and their reaction tells us our place in this community and binds us together. Thus it is important for health and healing.
It seems to me that telling our stories gives us some control over our own story, plus being healing. By putting it ‘out there,’ it gives a sense of relief, that we aren’t the only ones with problems, and perhaps there is help of some form available, whether it be spiritual, or physical. I spent some time today with a close friend visiting from out of town. She loves to write and was telling me of one of her latest projects. Dori, my friend, was badly injured in a skiing accident as a young woman and spent a year in a body cast. She was told that she might never walk again. After spending some time feeling sorry for herself, she decided not to listen to the naysayers and eventually recuperated. She feels that writing about it is not only healing for her, but might be inspirational for others going through a bad time. She belongs to a writing group and had discussed the project with them. One person felt she should just put it behind her, forget it and go on with her life. I believe she is correct and should follow her instincts, because I was honored that she had shared her feelings about her experience when she had first told me about it a few years ago, and it was difficult for her to relate it. And she has gone on with her life. As she was discussing this, it brought me out of my own health issues and gave me a bit of inspiration. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CulturalandTraditionalHealthandHealing" group. To post to this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.ca/group/culturalandtraditionalhealthandhealing?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
