Healing isn’t a high road, and anyone who’s been committed to it knows how deeply personal it gets. My hat’s off to those who’ve made that commitment because it’s not just about deciding to be better or to heal. It’s about facing everything you wish you could rip away—your triggers, your darkest emotions, the parts of yourself that you’ve buried for so long. The journey to healing forces you to sit with them, to feel them, and to understand why they’re there before you can truly release them. The screenshot I shared captures the essence of what that process feels like.
It’s not meditation, and it’s definitely not jasmine petals falling all around you the moment you decide to heal. It’s facing your demons, the ones you’ve tried to avoid, deny, or suppress. And let’s be real—everyone has their own demons. Sometimes, our demons overlap with others, but that doesn’t make them easier to face. The key to healing is accepting them, knowing them, and recognizing that they’re part of who you’ve been. It’s about understanding yourself. And with understanding comes forgiveness—self-forgiveness that will, in turn, help you understand others more compassionately.
It doesn’t mean that you won’t ever feel the sting of old emotions again. They’ll still come. The difference is in how you respond. Before the healing journey, when those emotions surface, there’s an instinctual reaction—often from a place of hurt. But when you’re on the path of healing, there’s a deeper awareness. You understand why those emotions are surfacing, and that understanding keeps you from reacting impulsively. Instead of being overwhelmed, you acknowledge them for what they are—a signpost of where you’ve been, not necessarily where you are.
But don’t get me wrong: none of this happens overnight. The journey is long, sometimes dark, and often uncomfortable. That’s why the quote from the screenshot resonates so deeply. It expresses the very heart of what it feels like to walk through the darkness before you find your way home.
I’m not a guru. I’m just expressing what it feels like, hoping that this resonates with others who are going through the same thing. We’re all in this together.
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