ARE YOU READY?
Some experts say trauma is like a boomerang – If you don’t deal with it, it will always come back. I’ve heard this most of my life but like many, we decide not to talk about the trauma and just push it under the rug. Even though we all have scars, our environment pushes “forgiveness” but never really teaches one how to heal.
When my daughter was 5 years old, I remember my boomerang coming back and hitting me out of no where. I walked into the kitchen, saw my daughter facing the back window and immediately had a wave of memories hit me like a tidal wave.
The next few years, I realized that in order to truly grow and develop into the best version of ME – I had to rip off the band-aid so I could truly heal. I had to look myself in the mirror and admit I wasn’t okay. For the first time in my life, I had to choose to love myself more than my pride.
You will never change your life unless you dig deep and find your WHY. You will never grow, develop or even live to your fullest potential unless you DECIDE to change and take the first step. Yes trauma is like a boomerang, but it’s also something more dangerous than that. If you don’t deal with the crap in your life (if you don’t let God transform you from the inside out) your baggage will be transferred to the next. If you have kids or someone you love, that alone should motivate you to change……..Do you really want them dealing with the same issues you had to? Do you want to be the cause of their damage because you were too lazy or prideful to put in the work? NO!
As a society, we desire change but we won’t put in the work to create it. We want instant gratification but we won’t take the time to analyze and rebuild the parts of us that are damaged.
So what I want you to do this week is look yourself in the mirror and truly analyze your life. This week, I’m asking you to not be afraid of the fire, but rather let it burn you.
This year, your trauma can become your triumph and your pain can be what builds your future platform. BUT…. You will never become refined unless you allow yourself to get burned.
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FIREPLACE POETRY 
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