Today, think about which of your stories of yourself may be too small. Tell yourself the bigger, more accurate story.
In Donald Murray's memoir My Twice-Lived Life, he writes, "Now in my seventies I have been forced to examine my self-image and have tried to revise it. I have always thought myself weak, and now I find I was - and am - physically and emotionally strong . . . I have imagined myself lonely and unloved and found myself surrounded by caring family and friends. I believed I was a failure while I was succeeding, lazy when my colleagues saw me as obsessively - even obscenely and threateningly - productive."
Today, think about which of your stories of yourself may be too small. Tell yourself the bigger, more accurate story.
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L.A. Kurth
3/23/2016 07:58:34 pm
I really resonated to that Donald Murray piece. Thank you
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AuthorTarn Wilson is the author of the memoir The Slow Farm and numerous essays. You may read more of her work at tarnwilson.com. Archives
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