<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # What happened to a person can explain a pattern... > What happened to a person can explain a pattern without being granted permanent authorship over the person. Healing begins when explanation opens a path toward choice instead of becoming a sentence against the future. **Source:** [[livestreams/Self-Reliance Without Losing Compassion - Workbook|Self-Reliance Without Losing Compassion]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “What happened to a person can explain a pattern without being granted permanent authorship over the person. Healing begins when explanation opens a path toward choice instead of becoming a sentence against the future.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-happened-person-explain-sentence-against-future ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->