Emotional Progression

As human beings we accumulate a sometimes overwhelming amount of emotional 'baggage' through our lives. Some of us choose to work through this baggage to better ourselves and heal from the traumas we have experienced and some of us choose to use them as badge proclaiming that we are the victim of this and that heinous crime against nature. Working through the issues and baggage is something that can't be done overnight. It's not something you can just wake up one day and decide to drop your baggage off at the dump because you don't want it anymore. It is a difficult and trying process with a number of setbacks and heartaches along the way. And just when you think you've overcome it, It comes back to bite you in the ass.

I had a revelation tonight about this very concept. I was talking with a good friend of mine about something that has come back to bite me in the ass and made the comment "I thought I had made so much progress with this issue and now i'm back to square one." He pointed something out to me. I HAVE made significant progress with my issues. I have grown leaps and bounds and overcome things that some people would cringe to imagine. Just because this issue is revisiting my conscious mind, does not mean that I'm starting over with it. I have new information and new avenues to explore in healing this wound. Sometimes, when things come back to bite again it doesn't have to mean we're starting all over. Sometimes it is proof that we are healing, like an old scab, the surface gets scraped off and underneath it still hurts and needs to be healed, but it's not as bad as it once was and it is on the mend.

So when you have issues resurface, such as old issues from your childhood, or issues you thought you had dealt with and moved on from, don't berate yourselves for having 'backslid' to the beginning again, because maybe, just maybe it's a reminder that you are still healing.

Au-Revoir Blogland,
Until next time. :)