healing-the-past

Forgiveness does not change the past, that__ for sure, but it does change the future.

Sometimes we are very convinced that what we went through needs to be re-lived so we end up going back and forth to the demons of the past and eventually we fail to get over them.

The moment we become forgivers, then we are in line to enjoy the benefits of forgiveness.

When you make up your mind to forgive, your happiness will almost automatically follow.

The minute we put aside our self-righteousness and move away from being the aggrieved, then we are on a healing process.

When you forgive, you immerse yourself in healing waters.

The idea of forgiveness is a journey that requires patience. If the journey of forgiveness is well travelled, there is a chance that we are bound to change in a very helpful way.

You'll never cross an emotional bridge, if you keep rushing back to the other side.

How odd that we spend so much time treating the darkness, and so little time seeking the light. The ego loves to glorify itself by self-analysis, yet we do not get rid of darkness by hitting it with a baseball bat. We only get rid of darkness by turning on the light.

Embrace life with hope than despair.

You have divine grace to forgive.

That sassy low classy, but dress real cheap-fly-n-fancy, with a chip on her shoulder -- she's just a bitterly wounded dove, wanting to be sieged by love.

Pain and love cannot be in the same space. You can never love anyone in pain. You cannot truly love yourself in pain. The more pain you carry in your heart, the harder it becomes to love anyone including yourself.

I'd never known that I could feel this broken and whole at once.

Extreme emotional pain has a profound effect on the body. I witnessed my already frail body become even more toxic and plundered.

Emotional pain cannot kill you, but running from it can. Allow. Embrace. Let yourself feel. Let yourself heal.

Live BOLDLY! ......because no one ever told you healing is a life long process.

When I'm triggered, I think, "This will last forever" or "What if this lasts forever?" I get thoughts about how I should give up, run away, hide, protect myself. These thoughts, I cannot change. What I can change is how I respond to them. Will I unconditionally believe these ideas, or will I accept them as side effects of the temporary experience of pain? Will I act on each thought that arises in the burning fire, or will I hold myself gently and say, "It'll be okay. I know it hurts. I love you"? My power lies in these choices.