One of the bravest, but hardest things to do is examine ourselves. We fear what we may find. We fear we may need to change. We fear discovering what we believed all along; that we are unworthy... But it is through the process of self-examination that we awaken, we learn about ourselves, we make changes, we grow, we become better human beings...
Color your world with self-love, truth, and compassion. Self-love will overflow unto others. Truth will be your faithful guide. Compassion will teach you about forgiveness.
What may seem most natural, which is to back away from pain, can actually block us from moving forward. Pain always has something valuable to teach us. However, we may avoid it because we want to be comfortable. But comfortability has nothing to teach us. It's an avoidance of things that are meant to gift us with more joy and freedom...