If forgiveness has a pathway, maybe it is something like this.
Distance from the disaster.
A quiet haven safe from harm.
The desire to go within and reflect.
A loving Guide, competent and wise.
Releasing your pale-knuckled death grip.
Forgiveness, acceptance, a return to life.
……
In my dream I said, “I forgive you,” and you said, “I’m sorry I didn’t love you enough.” Simple and true.
In Jung’s theory everyone in my dream is a facet of me (how could they not be). In that case I am forgiving myself, right?
What matters is the feeling. I felt a distant glacier of my heart melting away for good. What joyful oasis will its waters create in my future?
I think it wise to accept this dream as the only reconciliation we will ever get.
Forgiveness, acceptance, a return to life.
I’ll take it.
15 February 2026, Happy Tet!
