Each time I go back where I was born, grew up, experienced my first laughs and my first emotions, is like a journey through time, both retrospective and introspective.
Everything is at once known, familiar, and new.
Places that whisper fragments of my past.
Corners filled with memories, nostalgia...
When I let myself be carried away by the rediscovery of these streets, these landscapes, I welcome with tenderness the emotions that escape from them.
Familiar faces that sometimes recognize me... others, unknown.
Some still present, to whom we no longer give an age...
Everything seems frozen, while recalling the inexorable flight of time...
Yet, in this small town in Occitania that I once was in a hurry to leave, the landscapes remain like a refuge... as if to remind this child that I was, always present in me, how much he loved these moments, these castles, these adventures, these hikes, all these precious moments.
This child who still remembers the smell of cut grass, the curves of these meadows, these hills... these summer evenings, these laughter, his friends.
Me, a therapist, who has been working for years with the inner child, me who has seen so many little girls, little boys come back to life and free themselves through adults, during my sessions, my retreats, or seminars... I reconnect here with mine and walk in its footsteps...
Each return to the sources is a return to myself... a deeper reconnection with my inner child, who suddenly appears before my eyes through a landscape, an emotion... through my memories...
To revisit one's past is also to confront one's fears, one's pains, one's personal history...
But this time, my child is not alone anymore. I am here, by his side, to accompany him, to support him, to protect him. I remind him that he is loved and supported, that I am here for him.
Together, we are ready to free ourselves from the past to move towards the future.
I hear this part of me asking: "Have you fulfilled our dreams?" Some, yes, others no... But the path is ahead of us, and together, we are ready to live new adventures.
Each return to the sources is a reminder of who we were, of our past dreams, of what we made of them...
"Then, have you fulfilled our dreams?"Â
- Not enough yet... So come, take my hand, and let's continue this journey together towards a future where everything is possible.
And you, have you fulfilled your dreams?
