Imperfections and Flaws

Please heal my wounded places

and free my heart to love.

Marianne Williamson

Our lives move in cycles.  What lessons we think we have learned seem to appear once again, disguised just a little differently.  When we think we have mastered the lesson, life seems to run it by us just one more time to make sure we really did get it!

Our lives travel in spirals.  We may meet different people or live in random locations, but our life experiences seem to repeat themselves.  No matter where we go, there we are.

It takes so long to recognize our 'wounds' and then even longer to cognitize how they are impacting our behaviors.  Then corrective measures are taken to replace inappropriate thinking or actions with positive affirmations and constructive movement.  We must be willing to allow healing to occur, but even when willing, it takes time.

Forgiveness speeds our healing and is a necessary part of the process.  Forgiving our selves is perhaps the hardest task of all, even when we were the victim. 

Climbing out of the darkness becomes easier once we put down our baggage.  It is important for us to clear out the old before the new can be entered.  Even when we do this to our satisfaction, we take another turn on the spiral and find our selves shedding yet another layer of 'stuff'.  The good news is each layer becomes easier to shed.

In learning to love our selves, imperfections and flaws, we are better prepared to love one and other.  We must not be afraid of the dark.  Let us shine our lights for each other, helping everyone to find the way!