13 October · You can put down the rehearsal.

Anger

I am tired of carrying this resentment, but I don't want to excuse what happened.

A little room to breathe.13 October

Anger

“Gaze no more in the bitter glass The demons, with their subtle guile, Lift up before us when they pass, Or only gaze a little while…”

W. B. Yeats — The Collected Works in Verse and Prose, Volume I, 1908 collected editionThe Two Trees, second stanza; cited 1908 collected edition; excerpt (ellipsis marks omitted continuation)Read the source ↗

You can put down the rehearsal.

Wanting less of your day occupied by an old hurt doesn't mean calling it acceptable. You may choose to give the story less rehearsal while keeping your understanding of what happened and the boundaries that still matter to you.

ONE SMALL STEP

When the story returns, note it and choose where to place your attention next.

A little room to breathe.13 October

A spark of light in your day.

A spark
of light
in your day.