The Process of Recovery

My healing journey with my father is by no means complete. Rather, I am at a point

where I am much more available now for relationship with my father. I have done much

work with counsellors/therapists and in self-help groups re this, yet now is a time in which

for me to

move my relationship with my father and my healing journey to the next level, I need more

direct conversations with him, sharing with him what has been important in my past with

him.

I think I am in a maturation phase in this past year with a deeper sense of responsibility and

stepping out of victimhood. There is a heroic nature to that to for me. I am still learning to

step into that heroic full claiming of my life. Claiming my life potential and taking more

responsibility for that. I will not buy into the past imposing limitations. I feel that I have a

forward momentum that growth is very possible and I am making that happen. I feel that is

heroic. As I talk about this now I see there is a cyclical nature and times of heroic phases and

stumbling times. Now I am in a heroic time.

I am really proud as I see myself maturing. I am breaking through old stories that were

limiting and that is not an easy thing but I have broken through. It is easier to believe that I am

totally limited by my past so there is some level of courage to step out and make changes. I

have a lot of hope for myself and feel a sense of maturation, heroism and courage. This where

the story is right now?

There is some new hope and opening for something new for the son and his father. I

am in a place where I am ready for a new phase in my relationship with my father and that is