Love Is My Way Through the Darkness
“Your relentless pursuit of healing shows how much you love yourself.” So said a Dona, a healer I worked with for several years in my 2-decades-long journey to recover from chronic physical pain and the trauma in my life. If I remember correctly, I had lamented to her that I wasn’t sure I could love myself. Her words were revelatory. I still hold onto them. In truth, when I look back on my life, I see how love motivated me on so many levels. From childhood, I retained a felt