FIREPLACE POETRY

What I’m about to ask you to do is going to take guts. If you actually want to change your life and be the best version of YOU, keep reading… if not, move along.

We all have stories. We all have pain, and we all have things in our past that we don’t like to talk about it. Instead of truly acknowledging the triggers in our life, we hide them and try to “fake it until we make it”. Instead of facing our situations head on, we ignore the problem and just expect it to “heal with time”. Well let me tell you something I learned the hard way….. THAT DOESN’T WORK!

Over a decade ago, I felt like an F5 tornado hit my life (metaphorically speaking). I remember feeling like I was in a dream just waiting to wake up. Everything I thought my life was going to be, was gone and I was just laying in the rubble – damaged but not destroyed. Instead of focusing on healing emotionally, I immediately tried to rebuild my life and pretend that everything was okay. Instead of acknowledging that I was struggling on the inside, I hid the pain because my pride had already been hit enough.

When I got a little older, I realized that I never actually healed from that season, because I didn’t know how to heal. I was taught how to forgive but, I was never told how to actually heal and move forward from life’s wounds.

Finally a couple years ago, I decided to go through the fire. I decided something needed to change, so I could actually grow as a person. Instead of ignoring my past, I finally acknowledged the season I tried so hard to forget. For the first time in a decade, I was honest with myself and actually talked about the scars that were once wounds.

STEP #1

Today, I am going to ask you to do something that takes guts. I am going to ask you to do the same thing I did a couple years ago that made a HUGE impact in my life. Sometime this week, I want you to write your story. YES! ALL OF IT! I want you to find a time to actually sit down with yourself and let it all out on paper. This might sound lame, but I promise you there is power in it. I want you to write your story and be 100% honest. Put your pride down and acknowledge what you need to, so you can grow through what you’ve gone through.

For me personally, It took 2 days to actually sit down and write it out. I kept procrastinating ultimately because I didn’t want to face it. However, once I finally did it – I felt like I was in the healthiest mindset I had ever been in.

STEP #2

The 2nd part of this process, is going to be much harder than the 1st. After you’ve sat alone and written your full story, I want you to share it with someone. AHHH! I KNOW! This part for me was extremely hard because of 1 thing…. PRIDE. So here is my advise…. PUT YOUR PRIDE DOWN AND JUST DO IT! Pick someone you trust and read your story out load. If you can’t think of someone or don’t have that in your life – feel free to send it in through our contact page and we’ll be your person/support.

This process is hard and can sometimes make you feel alone but I promise you, it’s worth it. Please feel free to reach out if you need to and never forget…. YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

STEP #3

The 3rd part of the process is by far my favorite and the most liberating of them all – LET IT BURN! After you’ve written your story and after you’ve shared it in whatever safe environment you feel fit – BURN IT. For me, I made a fire in the back yard and burned my story page by page. The reason is because after you acknowledge what happened, you have to let it go. The whole point of this process is to heal from our wounds – not lick them.

If you want to grow, you have to first heal. However in order to heal, you have to first LET GO.

Okay so what’s next? What do you do after you let it out, then let it burn? Well, come back next week for part (005) and you’ll find out! Also, make sure to share this if you know anyone who could benefit from it. The last thing we need to do in this world is give up on ourselves. Like with anything, If we put in the work and do the hard things, we will see breakthrough in our life.