Keeping the Story

My session with my coach and now friend Rob Reynosa helped me see my ego is getting in the way of my peace.

We all have stories that our ego uses to hold our minds hostage. It's part of being human. And yet there is a point when the awareness of clinging to our misery becomes a choice.

We've held on to the stories of pain for so long that it is now second nature. We don't know who we are without the feelings of disappointment, betrayal, and hardship. The identification with what happened becomes a badge of honor to show others, "See how bad I had it. Please love me."

This is not to say hurtful things don't happen, and go put on a happy face and pretend. There are definitely processes to healing traumatic events. Yet there comes the point when the ego takes over our lives and doesn't allow us to fully heal.

So what does it mean to fully heal? Answer: being at peace.

For example, I'm currently processing some painful experiences, and I'm recognizing I'm choosing to feel hurt. It's like my mind knows it's a choice, but my ego says, "You need more time to feel bad about this situation. You're not ready to let go of the story and the pain that comes with it."

The truth? I'm not ready. This means I'm allowing my ego to keep the painful story active. And this also means my peace is being affected. I definitely have moments of ease, but only when I'm not thinking about what happened.

We have two choices. Keep the suffering or be at peace.

When we're ready, we have a beautiful opportunity to let go of the ego's need to be loved and let the wounds finally heal.

With lots of LOVE,
Teresa

PS. The song Love Will Find a Way is playing. How perfect!

PSS. This is blog post #500! Yay!!!

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