Actually, the entire sentence reads like this:
There is nothing wrong with you!
Don’t roll your eyes or stop reading!
I understand that this idea - that there is nothing wrong with you - can be hard to accept. Especially because believing something is wrong with you has been the story of your life.
Right?
Perhaps that story goes something like this:
You’re flawed, wounded, imperfect, failing… which one is it for you? All of the above?
Your guilty little secret is that if other people saw that part of you, knew who you really were, they would run away, abandon you, reject you.
Because we erroneously believe that at our core, we are unlovable.
Ok friend, here’s the news flash, we ALL feel this!
And if we ALL feel like this, then can we decide to be brave together?
Can we reach out and take each others’ hands and say, “I love and accept you (warts and all), will you love and accept me just the way I am?”
Recently I was listening to an interview with a woman who, in the 1950s, was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease when she was all of 15 years old.
One of the things she spoke about was that these challenges in our lives, what we might perceive as failings, can be tremendous opportunities for healing. And not just physical healing.
They are opportunities to re-write the story of ourselves as flawed.
It’s kind of like that idea that it is only through the cracks- those places of shame, unworthiness, illness, etc.- that the light pours through.
So instead of judging ourselves and others for being imperfect, can we accept every part of us, and know that within us, this light is shining, whole and complete, and always has been?
If these words resonate, and you’d like to do a deeper exploration into healing a wounded part of yourself, or simply want to release a shame story, try podcast #70.
It’s a guided journey that will help you identify a stuck piece within that’s ready to be released.
Go on this adventure of healing. Be an explorer into yourself! Have curiosity. Nothing bad will happen.
And if you decide to give it a try, let me know how it goes!
As Albert Einstein reminds us, “the measure of intelligence is the ability to change.”
It’s time to change your thinking so what you see changes.
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