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Taylor Ashton Ellwood's avatar

This one hit home.

I've done and continue to do a lot of work to put the shame and grief to work and sometimes I've held onto it so strongly as a reminder...Yet I don't know if that's always the best way to handle it.

Joe Burnham's avatar

Thanks Taylor!

I get that struggle. We don’t want to forget who we were.

For me, that’s because I don’t want to go back there, but because it’s so familiar, when I’m not conscious, that’s the direction I often find myself going.

Taylor Ashton Ellwood's avatar

That lands with me. I don’t want to be that man and I feel like I have to keep him there as a reminder.

Joe Burnham's avatar

I love that. Crazy what can happen in 5 years, isn’t it!

Joe Burnham's avatar

Do you find yourself, the more you step into who you are becoming, the more natural that becomes, the less you find yourself needing the reminder because that version of you is so foreign

Taylor Ashton Ellwood's avatar

Yes I do find that to be the case. I am definitely a different man than I was 5 years ago. I have compassion for that man and also awareness of how far I've come.