Nice to see how Shilletha’s commitment to social work meets up with UL backpacking.
She sounds like a manifestation of the Wounded Healer archetype.
“The wound is the place where the Light enters you.” Rumi.
The main question is not “How can we hide our wounds?” so we don’t have to be embarrassed, but “How can we put our woundedness in the service of others?” Henry Nouwen.
“The analyst must go on learning endlessly…it is his own hurt that gives the measure of his power to heal. This, and nothing else, is the meaning of the Greek myth of the wounded physician.” Carl Jung.
Awesome Grantee choice, Ryan.
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