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Ancestral Treasure
Your ancestors have passed down
their wounds like a growing collection of gems
for your inheritance—
don't resent this.
They weren't ready to be mined and collected,
they weren't ready to be valued.
You have the technology now.
You know how to dig deep.
You know now how not
to fear your worth.
You know that within every bright, shining wound
is a nugget of compassion,
a jewel of wisdom.
They have saved up for you.
Now feel deeply blessed
to be driven, finally, into these inner tunnels
of self and history.
Cashing in on this trove
in the sacred chest of your heart
will alchemize all old, shameful stories
into diamonds of laughter and tears.
Cashing in this trove
will transform the heavy bag of sorrows
your ancestors carried
into tokens of priceless light.
— Chelan Harkin
From Susceptible To Light
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