The Story You Tell Yourself

“There are two ways of telling your story. One is to tell it compulsively and urgently, keep returning to it
because you see your present suffering
as the result of your past experiences.

But there is another way.

You can tell your story from the place where it no longer dominates you.
You can speak about it with a certain distance
and see it as the way
to your present freedom.”

Henri Nouwen
The Inner Voice of Love