I watched Theo Fleury being interviewed on Global’s Morning Show today, and he talked abut his new life purpose. I read his earlier book describing his life as a hockey player and disclosing sexual abuse. It was called Playing with Fire and was a huge wake-up call for readers – and the whole country. Now he has written another one, which I didn’t get the name of, but one can find it easily by googling him. However, in the interview he said that now he has a new life purpose: to tell his story. He believes by telling his story that others will learn and be encouraged to share theirs. I think he is right. That is a purpose for each of us. I think about my book Your Invisible Bodies: a reference for children and adults about human energy fields. I am frustrated that the website for that book has a virus and I haven’t yet been able to remove it. However, this website still works, so here are my thoughts about telling my story.
I wrote that book to explain to children how Healing Touch, and energy healing generally, works. In it I incorporated everything I’ve learned in my 70 years, including child & adult development, school guidance theory, energy healing, feminism, and Christian theology. It is a wide-eyed book, and after it was published, I felt that I had fulfilled my purpose. I told my story. Funnily enough, even though I attend Knox United Church in Calgary, AB, I don’t call myself a Christian. Too loaded a term, I think. However, it is a child-centered book, and I’m happy for that. I tell children to trust themselves, and to learn from their experience, and to be open to learning new discoveries. Learning goes on all our lifetimes!
I am grateful to Theo Fleury for telling his story, and encouraging other people to speak up about their own experiences. I think he speaks for all of us when he says his purpose now is to tell his story. He has been a professional hockey player, an advocate for children, and now is a healer and author. Thanks be to Theo. Thanks be to truth. Thanks be to the wondrous spirit of newness that comes with sharing with another our personal truths.
Words By Montgomery 