Springsteen on parents (and perhaps a path to my salvation)
/“We honor our parents by carrying their best forward and laying the rest down. By fighting and taming the demons that laid them low and now reside in us. It’s all we can do, if we’re lucky. ”
I have walked for a long time in the shadow of parents whose decisions I could not understand. Decisions that still hurt me to this day.
I have been unable to find the forgiveness required to put the past behind me and move forward. Perhaps I never will.
But these words have perhaps shown me a path to that forgiveness. A means by which I can step outside that shadow and find some light. Whether I can ever take those steps is still uncertain, but for the first time in my life, I feel like I can see the way.
