Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Dream On

Many people who come into therapy have unfinished grief work over broken dreams. Sometimes its a lost childhood, a marriage turned sour, a child gone astray, alienation from a parent, fired from a job, or loss of a career.
The list of broken dreams can be long and painful. The goal in therapy is always, two-fold: help in grieving the broken dream and help in retrieving the courage to dream again.
Sometimes the second phase is more difficult than the first. But if genuine healing occurs, you will not only heal from the loss but will take the risk of dreaming again.
Hubert White said it very well.
"I've dreamed many dreams that never came true, I've seen them vanish at dawn. But I've realized enough of my dreams, thank God, To make me keep dreaming on."
Therapy can help you dream again.

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