Emotional Blow Back

"When we're struck with cruelty, we can either inflict the same on others

like it's a rite of passage or decide that here is where it stops."

Joyce Rachelle

Holidays open our hearts, leaving ourselves vulnerable to emotional blow back.  As families gather, they tend to bring old wounds to the table imagining it to be a time for pay back.  This sounds heartless and yet there is truth to the saga of the emotionally wounded.

It helps a great deal if we prepare our selves, clear our own minds of past harm and fill our hearts with additional bursts of healing light.    When we enter a gathering, we can project our love from our hearts and hopefully into the hearts of others.  We can stop the gnarled family history, put an end to snowballing pain, and rise above the darkness while penetrating our light.

If we can remember repressed pain is coddled by insecurities and underlined by the need to be recognized, we can by pass the drama by applying sincere attention.  It is not about agreeing or endorsing, but acting as a human being.  We may not receive understanding from those who oppose us, but we can have the satisfaction we are a reflecting the light of love.