Acceptance

When we accept what has happened to us, forgive those who hurt us
(including ourselves), and find gratitude for the experience, we are
left with Love.

You are not defined by what has happened in your life. Those events are but chapters in a much longer story. Turn the page.

Healing is not easy. It’s much easier to sit in the bitterness … on
the face of it. But that bitterness causes us to miss out on so much of
life.

I sat in the bitterness and
despair for years. I sat there for so long I forgot who I really am. I
was angry, defensive, depressed, and lonely.

And then I realized that the only way anyone could even begin to help me find my way out was for me to WANT to get out.

I allowed myself to be vulnerable and accept the help, advice, and
wisdom that…