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Healing, in a sense, is about unlearning the notion that we need to protect ourselves from our own pain. Ch 26

I have never treated or interviewed anyone with chronic physical illness or mental affliction who could recal sharing unhappy feelings openly and freely, without restraint, with their caregivers or any trusted adult." Ch 30

Healing, in a sense, is about unlearning the notion that we need to protect ourselves from our own pain. Ch 26

P 179

Halfway through - struck by the description of the "youth" of the time (the baby boomer generation of the 60s) as characterized by inwardness, fatherlessness, and convulsion. These have serious drawbacks and dangers as well as potential for change. But wise spiritual leadership would be needed to bring them in a positive direction. Seeing the US leaders from this generation, both sides seem evident.