I read a book when young
Obedient Men
A haunting read
The time of the Great War
A young man joins the Jesuits
Awhile
And leaving later
Talks about their style
I lived in obedience all my life
To mother father school and church
Yes church
And church drilled in obedience
Morning noon and night
Child to manhood
I never knew my might
Always doing all that I was told
Until collapse
And then the truth came out
Who do you think you are?
Who am I?
And counselling
Assisted by a sister
I found my power
I will speak for I
Brian Fahy
19 November 2021
+ I have been for counselling twice in my life. The first time was with a religious sister who was trained in ‘Psychosynthesis’, a branch of psychotherapy developed by Roberto Assagioli. From those meetings I came into possession of my own will power to be fully responsible for my own life. Until then I had lived totally in obedience to others, and this had blocked the development of personal responsibility fully flourishing.
It was a life-changing experience. Out of crisis came the full flourishing of my life.
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