So many of us have done so much damage to our relationship with ourselves through layers of self-betrayal and abandonment
We have built our lives on it
We've made careers out of it.
We have built marriages and families, friendships, childhoods, and now adulthoods out of it.
and its time for this to stop
Part of the healing process is to look, not only at those who have hurt us, but how we have played a role in our own suffering.
And, hardest of all, how we continue to.
NOT to blame or demonize or further ostracize ourselves.
On the contrary, to see our past behaviours through the lens of love -
To see them for what they were and have been; the survival strategies and protection mechanisms we used to create safety for ourselves.
And in knowing this, to acknowledge, and love, and thank that part of ourselves that stepped in to protect us.
And in thanking them, release them from their duties,
knowing that we are stronger now
and recognizing that those old survival strategies are no longer serving us.
In fact, they have become the walls of our cages.
And then commit - from a place of love - to doing better by our Selves now and in the future
We deserve this.
Restoring integrity with ourselves is one of the most profound and powerful ways we can heal, not only ourselves, but the world.
It is a profound and powerful act of self-love, self-care and healing
and it is a profound and powerful commitment to our happiness and wellbeing
And it is a profound and powerful move toward meeting ourselves, and others, with integrity and love and honour, in the future.
