Loving the Whole
"Being human and ordinary, we will often fail to love the whole, the dark and difficult parts. We will always try to avoid something. We will tremble. We will be blind. We will be uncertain. We will continue to hurt one another and miss the essential. We will always need mercy and compassion." ~~ Gunilla Norris
"With time my healing journey takes me into deeper waters asking me to learn compassion for the darkest parts of myself; my false mask that I use to hide my true self; my core wound that keeps me stuck in self-destructive behaviors; my secret shadow parts that I am ashamed to admit even to myself. Slowly, like the gentle blossoming of a flower, I find compassion for my deepest suffering."~~ Circle of Compassion by Gail Straub
I am finding the courage to see my deepest fears. I have been a pleaser and a peace maker so criticism was painfully difficult. I just wanted everyone to be happy with me and with each other. The crazy illusion that it is possible to keep everyone "happy" has caused me so much suffering. Letting go of my illusions has been incredibly painful. Once I truly saw the source of my pain, letting go was the only option. Thankfully, compassion allowed me to be gentle with myself. That same gentle compassion began to heal those dark places that I feared and allowed me to see that underneath it all was the strength, joy and love that I had been looking for all of the time.
"With time my healing journey takes me into deeper waters asking me to learn compassion for the darkest parts of myself; my false mask that I use to hide my true self; my core wound that keeps me stuck in self-destructive behaviors; my secret shadow parts that I am ashamed to admit even to myself. Slowly, like the gentle blossoming of a flower, I find compassion for my deepest suffering."~~ Circle of Compassion by Gail Straub
I am finding the courage to see my deepest fears. I have been a pleaser and a peace maker so criticism was painfully difficult. I just wanted everyone to be happy with me and with each other. The crazy illusion that it is possible to keep everyone "happy" has caused me so much suffering. Letting go of my illusions has been incredibly painful. Once I truly saw the source of my pain, letting go was the only option. Thankfully, compassion allowed me to be gentle with myself. That same gentle compassion began to heal those dark places that I feared and allowed me to see that underneath it all was the strength, joy and love that I had been looking for all of the time.
posted by Becky Spellman Waltz at 5:56 PM
1 Comments:
becky
the compassion and strenth you talk about were always there!that was obvious too me from the beginning of my following your progress.
you dont get too were you are with out those in abundance.
all the joy and love in this world too you, you deserve that at least just for starters..........
i continue too be amazed by your presence and compassion ......... what a lady....what a soul.......
i continue too follow and support you, long distance aside,as an ordinary human i salute you
roundjohn
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