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Resilience © Vytas Stoskus, 2023

Imprisonment, Torture, Escape

The Meaning of Dialogue

I just learned that another old friend from my days in the U$ died a year ago. Dudley Weeks was an amazing individual who worked in over 100 countries trying to bring peace & restore justice through dialogue & conflict mediation as well as teaching others how to do likewise. A brief life story is contained in his obituary:

https://obits.dallasnews.com/us/obituaries/dallasmorningnews/name/dudley-weeks-obituary?id=36533074

An account he once shared with me of an amazing incident in his life is truly eye-opening to the value of dialogue.

As he was escaping from a prison in which he’d faced daily torture, he stopped to ask the jailer how he was to ever thank him for letting him escape. The jailer replied, “You already have” referring to all the time Dudley had spent listening to & talking with the man. Just listening & talking.

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This will ease the mountains of GUILT which I’m sure are accumulating in your soul for not pitching in & helping. It will also reduce the amassing guilt around issues of greed, injustice, or whatever sins you may not care to even think about let alone discuss. Fear not, all will be forgiven.

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