Me and my shadow: how should we respond to our inner darkness?
With dark stories dominating our news cycles, Erik Strandness explores what our response should be to the darkness inside us
We all have a shadow that follows us around. A dark side that no one else knows. It causes us no end of misery and leaves us perpetually haunted by ghosts rattling the chains of our past foibles. What can we do? We have several choices.
First, we can deny our own darkness and spend all our time criticising the length of the shadows cast by others. Second, we can embrace the darkness and make the shadowlands our permanent home. Finally, we can invite the Light of the World into our lives to expose the dark recesses and allow us to once again… (Register to read the rest of the article)
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