Things I know for sure. . .

In the new year I thought it might be good to remind myself of a few things.

1. Everyone is trying as best they can to live their lives. Even mental unhealth often contains signs of how bad folk want to live and how painful it is to try.
   
2. Everyone needs kindness because we all are fighting a great battle. Some of us mentally and emotionally. Some for food. Some for war or peace. . .
   
3. Story matters. How coherent, how contingent in it's telling, the power in us to name "what is" for us. . . Story telling - the story we tell ourselves about our lives and the stories we tell others. . . Story and voicing can heal.
4. There is somehow--beyond all reason--things such as hope, peace, love, and God.
   
5. People can heal! We can move from unhealth to health. We, I can and have found increased clarity of mind and heart.
6. No one knows all the answers.