Someone Lived In This House

‘Someone lived in this house before me.’

To be able to recognise our voice from the voices of others that have lodged in our bodies. 
To unbraid/untangle our knowing from those we inherited from generations passed. 
Means to be able to sit with these voices and learnings long enough to tell the difference - what is mine and what isn't?

Much of our shame, our interpretations, our prejudices, our sadness and our anger are lessons carried through uninterrupted cycles of behaviours and responses - from our mothers, our fathers, our ancestors, our communities and the systems we live in.

What are we dragging along? 
What are we passing on? 
What needs to be uncovered?
What needs to be unlearned?
What can we do without?

What needs to be felt and known, for this house to become your home?