In September 2018, the incredible poet and meditation teacher Sarah Blondin shared an astonishingly lovely meditation that she wrote for our women’s recovery community, She Recovers. It was aptly titled “She Recovers,” and as you might imagine, everyone in the audience was moved to tears and gratitude as she shared it from our conference stage at the Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles.
I practically weep every time I rewatch it on our YouTube channel. The meditation is about fifteen minutes long and is filled with a barrage of poignant thoughts and ideas, but one line above all the rest captures my heart and takes my breath away every time I hear Sarah read it.
That line is “She recovers, because she learned how to love in the face of unlove.” In the face of unlove. That’s it.
Despite feeling unloved when I was younger, or unloving to myself when I was in the depths of despair and addiction, I have recovered. I learned how to love.
Myself. My past.