TODAY'S WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT; To heal, to release.

TODAY’S WORDS OF ENLIGHTENMENT; To heal, to release.

One of the characteristics of having a big destiny is that things don’t work out for you right away.
There are delays and unexpected times of quiet.
The plans you had for your life are unraveled and you’re asked to conceive of a new vision,
One grander than you had the capacity to imagine in the first place.
These rest periods are actually life’s way of giving you an opportunity to work on yourself,
To invest in who you want to be.
These times are not just to be tolerated or waited through, but used.
They are quiet gifts that will lead you to the path you were really meant to be on.
How do you heal when you can’t remove yourself from what’s causing the pain?
You learn boundaries.
You learn that none of us can insulate ourselves fully from the ache of the world,
From other broken hearts, from inevitable stress.
You learn that the journey was never about that, anyway;
It’s only ever been about strengthening yourself from the inside out.
Training your mind to be more conscious of what it entertains.
To act not out of compulsion or obligation,
But true choice out of self-preservation, and self-love.
You look inward at what pieces of yourself you see within those who bother you most deeply,
And you work on healing those pieces.
You get better at communicating what you need.
You make the changes that need to occur within your own life,
And then you notice what gently alleviates the tension.
You notice that the situation hasn’t lightened, but you have.
You have changed what moment you meet.