Sunday, August 12, 2012

Making peace with the past


There's a song in her heart.

She was hurt by a childhood...

 layered with abuse and neglect.

She lovingly gathered up...

 the scattered pieced of her brokenness...

 and gave them to God for repair.

She was able to leave her past behind...

 by making peace with it.

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...until you heal the wounds of your past,
you will continue to bleed.
You can bandage the bleeding with food,
with alcohol, with drugs, with work...
but eventually, it will all ooze through
 and stain your life.
You must find the strength to open the wounds...
  and make peace with them."
                                                                                                                                                               
Iyanla Vanzant

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"I no longer run from the past"