Liberation

...the courage of memory
—Thomas Long

We all remember events and people, but what do we really remember? Do we exclude those things that make us uncomfortable, or the parts that we don't want to acknowledge. Don't we all take part in some sugar coating?

Courage. Bold, fearless—having a backbone, a resolve—audacious.

To look with that courage to the past might entail asking forgiveness—and that forgiveness may be withheld or given freely. It might be a dead end.

Churches use the word—confessing. Perhaps we can substitute come clean or recognize or unmask.

I see a connection between "courage of memory" and release—a cleansing for the soul.