Outback Jack's Journey

1. Make a list of 10 stories from your childhood or early adulthood (before 21 years of age) that you would say had a profound effect on your life.  Stories of Wholeness - The first five stories will be about wholeness...a time when you felt wholeness and goodness...justice, delight and belonging. For Stories of Wholeness, 1 is of the least amount of joy and delight and 5 would be the time in your life when you felt all the world was right, the happiest day you remember, etc. Skiing with Anita, Michael, Neil, aged 20. Rank 2. Prowling at night with Matthew, aged 12. Rank 3. Becoming the leader in the final project for my Bachelor of Information Technology, aged 21. Rank 2. Being delighted in by my Uncle Max, aged about 3. Rank 3. Being invited to dinner by Michael, Shane, and Don. Rank 3. 2. Stories of Harm - The second five stories will be a wound story involving an experience of loss, betrayal, powerlessness, or shame. For Stories of Harm, 1 is of the least amount hurt and hearta...

4x Joy-filled Memories: Aged 12, flying a glider with my Dad - possibly the only positive memory I have with him. Joy level now: 1/10. Original joy level: 6/10 Aged 33, proposing to my wife outside the Opera House using postcards written by her family and closest friends. Joy level now: 4/10. Original joy level: 8/10 Aged 45, my daughter asking me to how to ask the Holy Spirit into her heart. Joy level now: 10/10. Original joy level: 8/10 Aged 50, receiving a surprise visit from a friend who'd flown 1,800 km to see me. Joy level now: 9/10. Original joy level: 9/10 4x Distressing Memories: Aged 12, flying a glider with my Dad - possibly the only positive memory I have with him. Distress level now: 3/10. Original distress level: 10/10 Aged 8, sexual assault by a man. Distress level now: 2/10. Original distress level: 10/10 Aged 16, Bullying by peers at school. Distress level now: 5/10. Original distress level: 10/10 Aged 49, Having my hopes of living as a new man crushed by...