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What does it mean?
Violence is forgotten, but life grows from its scars.
In plain terms
Life comes from past pain.
What can you take from it?
Hope grows from pain.

Where it applies

  • conflict aftermath
  • grief

Putting it to work

  • find hope in loss

Questions to consider

  • How do you heal?
  • What grows from pain?

Another view

It simplifies trauma.

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