Thank you Rita for sharing the grace of this reminder about forgiveness!
I have grown up with Pat Conroy, living through the horrors of his family life in The Great Santini, The Prince of Tides, The Lords of Discipline, and Beach Music. Copious tears have accompanied the reading of each saga of abuse and dysfunction in the Conroy family. In the spaces between the words I knew that it was not really fiction. Now that I am reading this year’s publication of Conroy’s autobiography, The Death of Santini, I know not only that the sagas are true, but that they are only half the story. This is a story of reconciliation. Pat forgave his father, and himself. This, I am in awe of.
So, forgiveness is on my mind today. My meditation led me into those realms of forgiveness and I share the practice that came from it. My intention is to slowly review my life in stages and let the…
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