Loving Lisa: “I’m Like the Others”

“We meet ourselves time and again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.”

– Carl Jung

Learning from others helps me see past the inadvertent disguises I wear. Most often, a comforting mask of certainty. Knowingness.

Surprises come when I can recognize a growth opportunity. An opening to embrace what I might overlook. Seeing the world through someone else’s eyes.

This happens to me, again and again, with my sweet disabled sister, Lisa. Due to her developmental disabil...