“Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself.” Rumi The words of Rumi the Sufi poet have always attracted my mystic mind, and as I reflect on the transition of 2013 to 2014 I’m once again struck by the simple profundity of Rumi’s work, particularly the quote above in relation to the work I’ve been doing with Our Stories Untold. The year 2013 has been filled with massive expansion in my life, particularly in areas of self-growth and awareness, as well as great expansion of this blog. In April of 2013 I wrote and told my story of childhood sexual abuse at a book store’s “Violence Against Women” open-mic night. Previous to this monumental moment I had never spoken this story out-loud, even to my therapist. Even though I was only three or four at the time of the abuse, I couldn’t help but have feelings of guilt and self-deprecation. Though I created this site as a platform for stories like mine to be shared, I still felt like my own story wasn’t worth sharing because it “wasn’t a big enough deal.” When I told the story at […]
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