“The future is here, now, and the past is full of actual deeds, real history. Utopias hardly have the meat on their bones to sustain a people in grave times.” PeopleRealPastFutureDeedsBonesGravesMeatUtopia Author:Patricia Hampl
“Looking repeatedly into the past, you do not necessarily become fascinated with your own life, but rather with the phenomenon of memory.” PastMemoriesPhenomenonFascinated Author:Patricia Hampl
“Our capacity to move forward as developing beings rests on a healthy relationship with the past. Psychotherapy, that widespread method for promoting mental health, relies heavily on memory and on the ability to retrieve and organize images and events from the personal pastIf we learn not only to tell our stories but to listen to what our stories tell us—to write the first draft and then return for the second draft—we are doing the work of memory.” WritingFirstsStoriesPastMovingMemoriesAbilityEventsReturnHealthyCapacityMethodMental HealthMoving ForwardDevelopingRelyOrganizePromotingPsychotherapyHealthy Relationship Author:Patricia Hampl
