Navigating my path of healing.

Part of a big breakthrough for me recently was realising that I am not just healing to “remove” my pain or to cope better. I am healing to accept joy more freely, to re-open my doors and wounds to the clean fresh air. To welcome love, deeper into me with an unguarded heart.

Yes, healing is messy. Being human is messy.

My path through life will wind and weave, I will find fallen branches blocking my way and my feet will probably get sore some days, but would I prefer it to feel no pain? What if I did not miss those I care for? What if I could not hear my body when it tells me I need to rest? What if I felt nothing for those who need help? Would I have empathy? Perhaps I do need this experience of pain – perhaps it is necessary for processing information. For being human.
Instead of the enemy, I have tried recently to see my pain as more of skill to be nurtured, a tool of discernment, helping me work out which bit of my garden I need tend to next. Perhaps I will visit the fear of abandonment summer house or the pond of not being good enough. I am unsure.

​I hope though, as I navigate my path, I can accept that what hurts can also live alongside what feels amazing. That love and pure joy can wrap an arm around my wounded parts as they all live together in harmony. In peace. As we all walk along the path together, deciding where to go next.
Where do you want to go next?
 
Stefanie Bridges
Unity staff

---