Veterans:A powerful force for healing the world

From Lily Casura at Healing Combat Trauma, a friend of mine and a true friend of veterans.

August 17, 2008
Veterans Can Be a "Powerful Force for Healing in the World"


Again from Claude Anshin Thomas, a lovely quote about the true power of the combat veteran's experience. For every veteran who suffers whether silently or with loud cries and tears; or who ends his or her life because they simply can't take the pain anymore (and I wish they wouldn't -- they have so much to give), here's a reflection on what their experience can really communicate:



"At the retreat Thich Nhat Hanh said to us, “You veterans are the light at the tip of the candle. You burn hot and bright. You understand deeply the nature of suffering.” He told us that the only way to heal, to transform suffering, is to stand face-to-face with suffering, to realize the intimate details of suffering and how our life in the present is affected by it.
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http://www.healingcombattrauma.com/2008/08/veterans-can-
be-a-powerful-force-for-healing-in-the-world.html