My heavily fortified, self-reliant heart that emerged from early elementary kept me from truly showing up in relationships until I was able to identify and tell my story in a fuller, honest way. I’m still learning to do that, and God is healing my heart. Healing is one of the reasons why we do this work, and I believe connection is another reason. When we tell our honest, unmasked stories to one another, we find ourselves experiencing authentic connection with others, which also contributes to our healing. We all have questions about our lives, don’t we? In addition to healing and connection, telling our stories helps us also make sense of our lives. There is no right way to dive into our stories, but one way we can begin is by sitting with God and inviting him into this act of remembering. “God, would you remind me of the stories that are important for me to remember?” You will find one or two might stir up in your soul, and as they do, could you take a moment to sit with them? Feel the emotions. Think about the people, the places, the smells, the things you remember. In storywork, it’s okay to just let the story be what you remember, because no two people remember things the same way. We recall our childhood stories through the age we experienced them.”
Jenn Suen Chen, Dim Sum and Faith
Q: Do you know that your story matters?
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We are all looking to make sense of our lives, to find
meaning in the things we do, to feel purposeful in what feels ordinary and mundane. These longings grow with time, because as we get older, we may find ourselves more and more dissatisfied with the ways in which we have lived on autopilot. Paying attention to these longings will help our hearts begin
to wake up.
-Jenn Suen Chen, Dim Sum and Faith
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