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Healing

June 2021

Healing

 

People speak of healing as if it’s some linear process

 

As if,

You wake up one day completely over years worth of

heartbreaking

and life shaping experiences

 

Sadly,

That’s rarely the case

And that’s something that we all eventually see

 

Healing is a process that feels as though it’s

never ending

 

You can think that you’re healed,

Then one experience reverts you back to where you once were

 

It can happen over and over and over again

But it won’t remain that way

forever

 

Sometimes it’s redundant

but I promise this is a race that you’ll end up winning

You have to go within,

confront your demons,

and do a whole lot of digging

 

The realization

is that these events all made you who you are

You just have to find the balance somewhere in the middle but the truth is never too far

 

So don’t beat yourself up,

your journey has only just begun

In the end,

you’ll look around joyously because you know that you’ve won

 

As you question things

and go within,

remember that this is just

the beginning

 

Try to simmer those crazy thoughts a bit,

I’ve been there and know how they can be impending

 

We’re brought here to learn our life lessons and then later go,

Are you ready for this roller coaster ride called healing so that you can conthinue to grow?

 

— D