Judith Herman quote

I think this is a powerful reminder as we see this playing out in the world right now.

You see it in the urge to deny the on-going violence our government is committing against the trans community and immigrants (to name a few).

You see it in the urge to turn a blind eye and tune out of the on-going global atrocities, some being supported or committed by the US and some not.

And some of this is born of our denial of the history of this country and the atrocities it has committed. But the echoes of what was done continue to reverberate in our collective unconscious, in the way we relate to each other and treat one another.

But healing on a collective or individual level requires speaking about the bad things that have happened to us or that we have done to others. Otherwise, anything we build is built on a shaky foundation.

We must speak our terrible truths so that they no longer fester in the darkness poisoning us. Only then can we move onto true healing.