Events from childhood, our first experiences, have the power to shape our
lives. Some do so immediately, offering us challenges to overcome and
encouragement to make use of our talents and interests. In the process
character is built, and we make the first steps upon our personal paths. Other
events seem to lay dormant until adulthood, when our closest relationships help
to bring out the deepest aspects of ourselves. This is when unexamined lessons
can be put to use and untended childhood wounds make themselves known in a call
for healing.
We may discover issues of trust coming up, or perhaps we find ourselves
mirroring actions from our past instinctively. No matter the case, we have the
power within us to heal ourselves at the deepest level. With the wisdom of an
adult, we can be the loving parent or guardian we needed as a child. Knowing
that we are each whole spiritual beings having a human experience, we can
nurture ourselves from that wholeness, and then reach out to others as well. We
can recreate scenarios in our mind's eye, trying different outcomes and
following them to their logical conclusions. In doing so, we may be able to
imagine possible reasons a situation occurred as it did, and even accept that
it could not have happened any other way. With the wisdom born from age and
experience, we might be able to see events from a different perspective,
bringing new understanding and freeing ourselves from any hold
the past may have on us.
Life offers opportunities to clear these weeds in the gardens of our souls.
However, when we want to focus on easier and more pleasant tasks, we are likely
to pass up the chances, leaving the wounds to continue to drain our energy and
resources for living life fully today. We might find we need support to face
the events of the past, so turning to a trained professional who can offer
tools for healing can be a valid choice. As long as we remember that the child
we were lives on within us, we are always free to go back and right old
wrongs, correct mistaken perceptions, heal wounds, forgive, and begin anew.
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