The second bullet is from a line of bullets that was discontinued for over twenty years. He realizes he was shot once before when he was a toddler. They told him the scar was from something he had done. he realizes it was from the gun his father used to commit suicide, bullet never found.
These Radical Acceptance statements are like small lanterns in the dark. #1 and #7 hit home for me. Just naming the pain—and choosing not to fight it—can shift everything. Thank you for sharing something so grounding and real. It matters.