08/03/2024
When this popped into my feed, a flood of thoughts surfaced that I felt compelled to share. BTW it’s not like me to post my own words, as I’ve tended to leave “the inspiring” to others like Les Brown below, by simply reposting existing quotes, sharing others’ stories and videos by poets, authors and artists. But as I heal my own I’m finding that I may have something worth sharing, and if it helps you or anyone through a confusing, dark or difficult time that’s worth the time. So you’ll be seeing more from me, when the time is right ♥️. The quote below inspired these thoughts which seemed worth penning ✍️|
Surface level living has been hard to break out of —for me anyway— especially when childhood wounds are on replay, resulting in a tendency to engage in the same old relationship patterns (usually the ones we used as a kid, which now play out unhealthily in our current adult relationships). It takes a lot —of pain, awareness, energy, humility, courage, and self-compassion— to start the “reparenting” that we all probably need if we want to let go of unhealthy relationship patterns that we rely on for basic emotional (and sometimes physical) survival. If we don’t do the work to reparent ourselves —or put another way remap/rewire our brain— we’re going to continue the same ol’ song and dance, finding more of the same type of people coming in and out of our life, hurting us the way we were hurt earlier in life, coping the only way we learned how, and simply repeating old patterns. It’s an arduous process to create internal shifts but trust me it’s possible and more importantly it’s peaceful. So take the chances and the time to find & you’ll experience so much ✨ If you’re interested in learning more about reparenting, say so. I might know someone 😉 who could help.
💋R.
