People keep feeding the dark by dumping so much energy into commemorating bad things. Doesn't that effectively give the victory to the trouble makers? How much better it would be to move on, hmm?
Of COURSE i remember, too. My career pretty much ended before it ever began. I spent a lifetime preparing for a profession i no longer felt confident to participate in (at least not in the "traditional" way). I spent the next 11 years trying to earn back the salary i lost when i walked away. I still struggled with my professional identity (or perceived lack thereof) for the better part of the decade. I made my choices, lived with the consequences, and accept that while i'm not where i hoped to be by now, I am where I am, I do what I do, I still try to love an honor all my neighbors, and I both hope and work for a better world every day. I'm not ignorant or insensitive, but I don't find it healthy to relive trauma repeatedly nor to wear it like a special badge after initial recovery begins. I wish each person health, happiness and hope, not misery, broken tapes and negative feedback loops.
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