People who are hurting lash out and hurt others. It may be
unintentional, it may be on purpose, but it happens. But if hurt people hurt
people, then the opposite is true as well.
Healed people heal
people.
This is absolutely true. Once I have overcome something, I have a
unique insight into what I went through that most people don’t have. I can
share what has helped me, what I have seen work for others and can use the
strength and wisdom I have gained to give hope to others who share the same struggle.
I have friends that have been diagnosed with cancer and are now
cancer-free. They have unique perspectives I lack. They have been diagnosed
with cancer. I have no idea what that feels like, to be diagnosed with cancer. I
can have empathy and support someone who has cancer, but my friends come from a
place of wisdom I don’t have.
They have also overcome cancer. They are living proof surviving a
cancer diagnosis is possible. They can give hope to people I cannot because of
having lived through cancer.
Everybody has been through something. We all have been hurt in one
way or another. It could be physical/sexual/emotional abuse, being told we are
worthless, bullied, depression, feeling fat, grief and loss, etc. Life hurts us
in many ways and puts holes in our souls.
Many of us use something to escape, numb or forget the hole exists. Food, sex, money, working, cutting, alcohol and other drugs are a few of the things we use to escape our past. These bandages don’t heal the problem, they just cover them up. They are still festering underneath and more issues are being added to it.
Fortunately, some of us figured out how to stop covering the problem up. We learn how to fix the problem. Once we have learned how to deal with the holes instead of running from them, we have unique wisdom that only someone who has gone through what we have gone through has. Once we have that wisdom, we can impart it to others.
Many people live with regrets from their pasts. I have learned to embrace mine. I am not defined by them, but my recovery from them. All those events made me the person I am today. The person I am today helps people, and if it was not for everything I have been through, I would not be as effective in doing that.
You have lived through something that impacted you. It made you who you are today, and the person you are today is awesome and will only get better with time. Your past did not defeat you. It made you stronger and wiser than you would have been without it.
Embrace your past!
Sing praises of your victories!
Use the lessons you have learned to impart strength and hope to others. You can only keep what you have by giving it away!
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