uncomfortable truths

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With certain Truths and Files being surfaced right now; the question I am asking myself is, as a collective, how are we going to move forward? Are we going to numb out and opt out of having uncomfortable conversations about abuse of power and influence? Collective amnesia? Or will we learn to integrate these shadows and know that every person is capable of doing immense harm to others?  How do we hold those with power, wealth and privilege accountable? I don’t have the answers but I do know if we care about not repeating the past; uncomfortable conversations across all domains will need to take place. 

As someone who has been working in the addiction counseling field for 9 years, I know that many people are not able to heal what was taken and stolen from them. One reason it is damn near impossible for people to heal is lack of accountability and safety. The unveiling of abuses of power on the global stage doesn’t stop there. Abuse and power games take place in many homes; the place we are apparently the safest. And the screams go unnoticed. They are ignored. 

When I was a child, I was very aware that some adults enjoy fucking children. A gruesome reality. Speaking from first hand experience, I know how the Inner Turmoil can drown out hope. Just how bleak it can get. 

The children of today and tomorrow…what are we going to model for them? Are we going to be a pillar of safety or a really difficult lesson to learn how to surpass? A lesson about a wolf in sheep’s clothing?? A pied piper???

prey…..Aestrea