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Thursday, June 17, 2010

Share Your Story

When I was making the documentary “Dying to Live- the journey into a man’s open heart”, I was telling the story for several reasons. 1) I had originally begun a film about my impending open-heart surgery that was left unfinished because of a cascade of personal tragedies over several years. 2) I wanted to honor the lives and courage of those I loved. 3) I was looking into my life and soul for it’s authentic center and wanted to reveal truths for myself and dispel my own myths.

I realized the story might represent a commonality of the human condition that could provide understanding and perhaps comfort to others as they struggled with their own challenges of survival, but I did not realize at the time, that in telling the story and reliving the searing truth’s I’d lived and witnessed, I would begin to fully undertake the deep healing necessary to move forward in my life.

I am going to initiate a place on our website www.dyingtolivethemovie.com that will be for the sharing of stories of survival, care-giving, grief and struggle. It is something I’ve discussed doing for a while now and I would appreciate comments and thoughts on how to make the site more beneficial.

I will make the space available un-edited and filtered only in the broadest manner. “The truth will never hurt you” is something I believe and I would like to facilitate sharing your truth’s with a greater public. You can provide contact information if you wish.

Contact me or send your story to ben@dyingtolivethemovie.com and we will get your story out. Just getting it down on paper will make a world of difference.