What do we do with our wounds?

" We are not meant to stay wounded. We are supposed to move through our tragedies

and challenges and to help each other ..... move through the many painful episodes of our lives.

By remaining stuck in the power of our wounds, we block our own transformation.

We overlook the greater gifts inherent in our wounds-the strength to overcome them, and the lesson that we are meant to receive through them.

Wounds are the means through which we enter the hearts .... of other people.

They are meant to teach us to become compassionate and wise. "

- Caroline Myss

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there are so many walking wounded

people who have suffered great loss

people who endure pain

others whose pain comes

from a loss of power or influence

whose dreams for themselves

or the world

have been stolen

for some this is the place

where life ends

the wounds are fatal

for themselves, and others

not because they are inherently so

but because people hang on to them

as if a treasured talisman

their identity becomes their wounds

their battered egos

their ideology, which once dominant, is now slowly being rejected

life is about what they have lost

wrongs endured

disappointments suffered

and so the wounds fester

oozing hate, and fear

resentment

and so they live

as victims or oppressors

ah

but to let the gentle touch of sacred love

heal the wounds

touch those places that are raw!

only with such a caress

will what is wounded in us

be healed

and transformed

into

hope

and generosity

and love