Debbie Ford‘s book, The Secret of the Shadow: The Power of Owning Your Whole Story, packs a double-whammy of interest for me: empowerment + story, two of my favourite things.
I’m finding the book to be exactly what I need for excavating gems from the hard earth of my past so I can really move on with a lightened load. This kind of forward movement operates far beneath the surface and thus redefines perspective positively in ways lots of other growth-systems haven’t managed to do for me.
Here are some excerpts:
“We create a story around every incident in our lives. These stories set our internal boundaries, which dictate what we can and cannot do.
“The meaning we assign to our life’s experiences will determine whether we use the event to empower ourselves and move us forward or to disempower ourselves and keep us stuck.”
“Transcending our stories requires us to extract the gifts, lessons, and wisdom from each of the events that have dramatically influenced us.”
“Recognizing these gifts is a vital step in our healing process, because until we find the blessings in the negative events in our lives, those experiences will continue to have control over us.”
“What most people call poop the gardener calls pure potential, because he recognizes it as just the ingredient he needs to nourish his garden.”
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Very timely, Grace! This is a period of deep reflection, and your quotes from this book resonate. Thanks again for your constant searching that helps the individual. And the group.
Yes, now that you mention it, Chery, this is a great book for starting anew at the new year. May yours surprise you in the best way.
The movie — The Shadow Effect — which I’ve been hearing about it, I just discovered this morning is by Debbie Ford, too. Has anyone here seen it yet?
To everyone – I forgot to make Debbie Ford’s name a link to her webpage before it went out to the subscriber’s list. That’s been corrected now in the post and here it is, too: http://www.debbieford.com/
What an interesting book this sounds like – you’ve served us all well again dear Grace!
From long study of astrology, and personal experience, I know that one cannot heal until one owns one’s dark side. aIt can be so difficult, but so necessary!
Off to explore her website — thanks Grace!