Until you heal the wounds of your past, you will continue to bleed
I believe that this neglected, wounded, inner child of the past is the major source of human misery.
To experience emotional freedom, we must accept, surrender, and let go of our wounds. We must be willing to take responsibility for what we're holding on to, which is usually a hurt or pain from the past that leaves us feeling victimized.
That's the funny thing about old hurts- they just wait for new heartache to come along and then show up, just as sharp and horrible as the first day you woke up with the world changed all around you.
I always hated when my scars started to fade, because as long as I could still see them, I knew why I was hurting.
We cannot embrace God's forgiveness if we are so busy clinging to past wounds and nursing old grudges.
After you've been wounded a few times, it's hard to let somebody get that deep again.
For the worst things of our lives, it is sometimes the best way, to never speak of them again.
Perhaps we just need little reminders from time to time that we are already dignified, deserving, worthy. Sometimes we don't feel that way because of the wounds and the scars we carry from the past or because of the uncertainty of the future. It is doubtful that we came to feel undeserving on our own. We were helped to feel unworthy. We were taught it in a thousand ways when we were little, and we learned our lessons well.
What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil.
