My sister and I inherited our grandmother's jewelry together but we both have completely different relationships to family history and what keeping things means. She wants to preserve everything exactly as it was and I want to actually wear and use the pieces but we're both afraid of hurting the other person's feelings.
More people experience this than they realize.
Two people are discovering that they hold fundamentally different beliefs about how to honor the past, and both approaches feel sacred to the person holding them.
“Where Are You with Confucian filial piety — examined?”
Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.