Healing What Hurts
Many of us are going through our lives aware of a well of pain underlying our daily awareness that we’ve felt for so long we aren’t even sure where it comes from. It almost seems as if it’s part of who we are, or the way we see the world, but it’s important to realize that this pain is something that needs to be acknowledged and processed.
The longer we sit on it, the harder it is to work through, and the more likely it is that we will be forced to acknowledge it as it makes itself known to us in ways we can’t predict.
Rather than waiting for this to happen, we can empower ourselves by identifying the pain and resolving to take action toward healing it.
The very thought of this brings up feelings of resistance in most of us, especially if, on the surface, our lives seem to be in order. It’s difficult to dig up the past and go into it unless we are being seriously inconvenienced by the hurt.
The thing is, when we are carrying the burden of our unprocessed pain, sooner or later, it will inconvenience us. If we can be brave and proactive, we can save ourselves a lot of future suffering and free up the energy that is tied up in keeping the pain down.
There are many ways to do this, but the first step is to recognize the pain and honor it by moving our awareness into it. In this process, even if it’s just five minutes during meditation, we will begin to have a sense of what the pain is made of.
It might be fear of abandonment, childhood abuse, anger at being mistreated, or some other long held wound. As we sit with the pain, we will also have a sense of whether we can deal with it by ourselves, or not. It may be time to work with a counselor, or form a healing circle with close friends.
Whatever path you choose, resolve to go deep into the pain, so that you can release it fully, and set yourself free.
Remember, it is never too late in life to heal what hurts, and there is never a better time than now.
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ReplyDeleteYOUR BACKGROUND OF THE LADY SURROUNDED IN BLUE CERTAINLY DEPICTS THE TRUTHFUL WORDS THAT FOLLOW IN YOUR WISE WORDS. ALL OF WHAT U STATED, IS QUITE TRUE FOR TOO MANY OF US TODAY. THE DIFFERENCE IS, AS YOU SAID, IS TO EMBRACE THE PAIN SO THAT U MAY FIND THE PEACE U SO RICHLY DESERVE.
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ReplyDeleteWhat do I think? So true. I just recently learned that during a personal quest to find Self, and I am still dealing with the pain and hurt of the past. I had welcomed it so much that it seemed a second skin to just continue to accept it. It was the way the world was, and it was the way that I was. It was the way that I saw the world, and it was the way that I saw my Self. Truer words have been spoken, but these belong up there right under them. Thanks for sharing this, Joyce.
Peace within and God bless you, Love.
Ditto to you, Ms Peaches....
ReplyDeleteIn these Daily OM's , Quest, I find so much wisdom. I am learning through experience that pain breeds strength, and growth...
ReplyDeleteThanks for feeling this post!
Poetica, Pain comes to some to help us accept the worst part of our life, and get over it. For some it is a growing experience, and then to some...it is a reminder of wrong things we fall into...
ReplyDeleteI hope your experiences make you a better person, and that one day you can look back, and feel so much stronger at having gone through your trials...than the negative affects they can bring
be blessed!