Truth

 When we're afraid, we will settle for living small.

 When we're afraid, we will betray ourselves in so many ways. 

 When we're afraid, we will hold too tightly to people, objects...

Letting go of old stories

If we fear the future, 

we've not made peace with the past.

The path to healing

The way we begin to heal our pain (physical or emotional) is to give it a voice. 
We stop seeing pain as a character flaw. We come to understand that we all experience it.  We push past our own shame and judgement by telling our story out loud. The moment we begin to share with others is the moment we are no longer suffering in silence...

Matters of the heart

If we weren't nurtured as children, 

we may not be kind and gentle to ourselves now.

We may put other people's needs before our own

or shut down our ability to feel empathy for others.

Either way, it's never too late to learn compassion. 

It begins with opening our heart to the child within...

Freedom

Fear and self-will are the culprits that cause needless pain and suffering. Because we are afraid, we hold tightly to our ideas. We try to get life to go our way. And we avoid everything that makes us uncomfortable. However, in surrendering our personal desires and facing our deepest fears, we put an end to suffering...