The Importance of Being Open

"I can't see the entire object of my story if I'm not first open and then observant to the fullness of where my irritability is coming from," says Pepper Schwartz. "There are so many parts of my story that I sometimes really find too painful for me to be open to or observe or be objective about", she adds. 'We only understand our life through the rear view mirror, but we only understand it by figuring it out after it's gone by'