For a long time, pride in your service may have felt tangled up with whether others recognized it — whether the VA staff assumed correctly, whether a stranger believed you, whether the system honored what it owed you. Reclaiming pride means separating the two: what you gave, and how it was received.
Set aside how others have responded to your service. What does it mean to you, in your own words, right now?
In the journal this prompt has 8 lines. Here, take as many as you need.
The Return™: First Steps
A free companion for readers of the memoir — five short movements through return, truth, power, peace and wholeness.
Claim the free companion →