We’ve been doing Lifemaps at Exodus on and off for the past month or so and it’s pretty interesting.  I’ve never done a Lifemap before.  What is it?  You kind of just go through your whole life and take note of significant people during each part of your life, significant spiritual events, times that you felt pain/sadness, and just other major events.  You do this from birth to the present and you mark your emotional state of mind throughout the years.  This exercise is a very interesting one because it really makes you think.  It kind of shows what you really remember and tries to pinpoint the significant things that happened to you.

I think this exercise is actually really good because seldom do we (if ever), do this type of exercise.  I usually like to do this type of thing at the beginning of each new year to reflect on the previous but doing this for your whole life is totally different.  I think it’s always good to reflect and see how things/people/events have changed/shaped who you were.  It also shows what type of things people hold on to.  How often it seems that people so easily hold on to painful events.  Perhaps they are much easier to remember because you have to work so hard to get through them.

A few people have shared so far about their lifemaps, although I missed the first session cause I was so late. But just hearing from what people talk about and thinking about my own lifemap, I’ve come to the conclusion that people have a lot of emotional baggage.  We carry a lot of this with us even though it may not be on the surface.  It’s definitely remembered.

I haven’t decided or not whether I want to share my lifemap.  I feel like I missed a lot of things on it, obviously because there are a LOT of things that happen in life!  But I think its still good for me to think about it.  And I definitely think that hearing each other’s lifemap helps us learn more about each other.  It’s pretty neat to hear about people’s lives and stories.

Tell me your story.