Fear Not Being the Same

"We all grip tightly to what we know, even if we hurt ourselves in the process."

Mark Nepo

Why do we do that ... keep touching sore spots?  It is similar to pushing upon a bruise to make certain it still hurts.  Correcting behavior sounds contradictory in that when we feel the need to cling, it is really time to let go and when we feel the need to run it is really time to stand still.

We tell our lovely selves we are going to change, but somehow it is more comfortable to stay in our quagmire.  Change requires deliberate actions and a mending of our journey.  If we continue to remain in the same grooves, we will continue to be lodged in the same patterns.

Even when we know the past cannot hurt us, it remains challenging to eliminate the memory.  It takes time and patience to unearth the sore spots and release the story.  We may even fear that we will not be the same if we dislodge emotional boulders; and truthfully, we will change ... we will become stronger, healthier, and amazed by whom we truly are.