I am going to Colorado for Christmas this year. It has been 5 years since I have seen my step children who are adults now. It has taken this long for my life to get to a place where I can move around and not be in a fog of anxiety, fear and pain. Healing takes time. The journey through healing can sometimes bring added problems that act as sudden obstacles blocking the flow with surges of unexpected fallout from the initial traumas. Moving through those obstacles takes more time. We learn something new that was hidden, unresolved and dangerous to our future health. So we attack and experience the emotions and finally are able to move on. All of these things that happened that we feel are bad can debilitate us or take us to a higher purpose where we end up having all the tools needed to help someone that crosses our path that is in trouble. We know how to help them from experience. We are credible in their eyes and can make a difference. That is all we can hope for. Help someone else. Serve someone else.
We can't do that until we have come through the fire.
