There are times in every one's life when the losses
outweigh the gains, when despair is so great it is amazing we don't die from pain... During
these radical times of desperation I have learned there is an opportunity.
My most powerful lessons resulted from having faced my
own crucifixion - felt it, witnessed it, and
died to the life I had before. I could not have resurrected stronger,
and truer, without
such a radical deconstruction.
... Deconstruction means letting go of the struggle...We
must allow the stripping of our past selves, let
every layer that isn't truth fall away, and trust that a new life lies past
this curve in the
road.
From the book "Growing Wings" by Kirsten Jongen.
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Naked and on my
knees...
years of good
enough...
were callously stripped
away.
an angel took mercy
and held my
hand...
"fear not my
love
good
was merely insulating you...
from vastly
great".
K. Jongen
*****
"Pain transforms me when I keep my heart soft and forgiving"
