Miss Havisham is the quintessential bearer of a “treasured wound.” Her tattered wedding dress and rotting cake serve as lifelong badges of victimhood. Daily she reminds herself of the loss she cannot get beyond, and glorifies it to the world. […]
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Believe in Yourself
Believe in yourself. You are braver than you think, more talented than you know, and capable of more than you imagine. ~ Roy T. Bennett Self-Esteem: a positive or negative orientation toward oneself; an overall evaluation of one’s worth or […]
Continue reading »The Peace You Seek
Boil every choice down to what heals versus what hurts, answer fear with love, and you will find the peace you seek. ~ Cohen, Alan. A Course in Miracles Made Easy (p. 4). Hay House. Kindle Edition. We can name […]
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Forgiveness leads to peace which leads to happiness, and it’s priceless. ~ Reneé Gaskin Who do you need to forgive? Is your name on the list? Most likely it should be… We tend to be harder on ourselves than on […]
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I wish to God I could unknot the mesh that is my life, to rectify the sin constraining howls within my soul, confess the blackness haunting me from depths within. Would that the soul who huddles from the ghost of my […]
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