The Sacred Work of Story

There is a sacred rhythm to story. Every life holds moments of beauty and moments of harm, and both are necessary to understand the fullness of who we are. The work of story is not about tidy endings—it is about returning to the places that once broke us open and listening again, this time with compassion rather than contempt. When we begin to name the stories of our past—especially those from childhood, between the tender ages of four and sixteen—we step into holy ground. These years form the internal landscape of how we see ourselves, how we love, how we trust, and what we believe. Many of us learned early that silence was safer than honesty, that pleasing others was the only way to belong, or that our emotions were too much to be held. The body remembers those unspoken vows long after the moments have passed. httpswwwyoutubecomwatchva31u9fpilowandauthuser0