“When you meditate, find the mother and father and their babies. Think of the people in the stores you robbed, the boys you fought. Find them in your mind, and don’t run from them. Acknowledge them. Acknowledge what you did. Don’t dismiss them or minimize the hurt you caused them. It doesn’t help your victims or anyone else if guilt and shame drag you down. Instead, continue to leave behind your self-obsession and free yourself from your past and go forward. Continue facing your pain, because the more you free yourself from being held back by your past, the more you can focus on others. Let
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