I
recently had an incredibly personal article published. An article
that took me two years to start and over two months to finish. It
wasn't something I really planed to do although the thought had
crossed my mind to share my story, the idea had never stayed long
enough or with enough conviction for me to ever start writing
anything. While I'd always thought it was a story and perspective
that needed sharing I had never been willing to put myself out there;
to make myself vulnerable and be the one to say what needed to be
said.
As
writer and researcher Brene Brown once said “Owning our story can
be hard but not nearly as difficult as spending our lives running
from it. Embracing our vulnerabilities is risky but not nearly as
dangerous as giving up on love and belonging and joy—the
experiences that make us the most vulnerable. Only when we are brave
enough to explore the darkness will we discover the infinite power of
our light.”
Her
words resonate some place deep within in a space where there are no
words. The truth is writing honestly was an incredibly uncomfortable
process but also an incredibly healing one. It involved reliving many
of my most painful memories and making myself incredibly vulnerable;
something I tend to avoid. But it was a process that lead me to the
realisation that until I, until we are willing to open ourselves up,
to let our invulnerability's be seen and share the darkness we have
faced we will never fully come to terms with our past and discover
the light and healing that is just on the other side of darkness. A
light that we have come to know though and because of our pain.
“What
happens when people open their hearts?"...
"They get better.”
"They get better.”
Haruki
Marakami
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