Benefits of Reading "Dream, Recurring".
As the new revision takes shape one question keeps going over in my head. How do I show you the benefits for you, the reader, for a book that is fiction?
Non-fiction, I get, that's easy. I would have already done the homework on that but how do I write it in this case?
Well, for starters, I could focus on the main theme.
There are a number of themes going through the book but the one I like to focus on is "forgiveness". This subject, let's face it, can take years to figure out. I know it did for me...
I was sexually abused as a child. While the man in question was found guilty, back in that day, even our doctor said not to worry about the effects that had in my life. "He'll grow out of it."
My mom listened to that and thought "if the doctor is saying it, I guess that's what I'll do."
The short answer to all of that was it put me into a prison of my own making - one that would last 35 years. It wasn't until I went to therapy to finally heal the past, I found what I was looking for "Forgiveness".
Not just for him but for me too. In fact, one of the hardest things to do was let go of the pain I had harbored for myself.
When I did, that's when I realized that's what forgiveness is all about. And so, I relay this message to you:
In the revision of the book, you will discover how the main character moves through her own pain in search of forgiveness.
I hope you are able to connect with it much better and ultimately, maybe, the story helps you, in a small way, to understand your journey. (If forgiveness is part of your path.) Most of us seem to have pain that's hard to let go, possibly from a past event or people that did something that we can't release.
Forgiveness is all about letting go of the pain you hold onto, not actually saying to someone "I forgive you, you can now return into my life".
Heck no! Why would you want them to repeat the pain they did to you? At the same time, when you release the suffering from your heart, you remove the negative, trapped emotion to one filled with love.
This is the key to that path.
Having walked this sojourn, I understand it much better than if I didn't go down this road. One might argue that if I didn't go through with it, I might not be able to write about it.
Forgiveness is hard. But it is in these depths of pain and suffering we find the strength we need to let go and heal.
If this resonates with you, can you do the same? Maybe the new revision will help you with your journey.
Mark
