Anglican priest and anti-apartheid militant who in 1990 lost both hands and an eye in a letter-bomb attack sponsored by the South African secret service.  Strengthened by the support and affection he received from people all over the world, Michael Lapsley embarked on a long journey of recovery which enabled him, as he puts it, to move from victim to survivor and to emerge from this ordeal as the victor.

“When horrible things happen to us, they leave ‘poisonous memories’ in each of us. And that poison – anger, hatred and revenge – is liable to take control of us, to destroy us, if we keep it inside us. Healing of memories is about acknowledging and laying to rest those things in the past which would destroy us and taking from the past that which is life-giving.”