10 years ago, my life was different. I was different.

It was about ten years ago. I was hooked. I couldn’t wait to finish work, so I can go home and play Super Mario on the Wii U. The very fact that Luigi and Mario were able to play together at the SAME TIME lit me up. (Well, that’s if I had someone to play with). Playing Super Mario took me back to my childhood memories, when my best friend Suzy and I would wait patiently for our brothers to finish playing, so we could get some time to flex our gaming muscles. I remember how much Suzy loved playing Zelda, but I never got into it.

Anyway, back to Super Mario on the Wii U. At one point, after completing all the levels, I wanted to play again, only this time, to collect all three coins hidden in each level. As much as I was motivated, there were some levels I simply didn’t want to go back to. Especially the ones that involved swimming.

Reflecting on my personal growth journey, the dread I had for going back to some of those levels is very similar to the resistance I have had in exploring, remembering, recalling, and revisiting my past.

You know, the ones we may be deflecting from. The hidden-beneath-the-surface ones. The ones where we were met with great adversity and/or incredible pain. The ones that left a traumic imprint on our mind and bodies. Those.

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