As sometimes happens - I will post something that I wonder how it will go over. Todays post is one of those times. I posted this at the Facebook Empowering Solutions page last week fully expecting to receive no comments or response or expecting a response where readers became defensive of their "support groups". Instead - I received several comments that said things like "AMEN!", "Love this page!" and "Beautiful!".
Since it went over well there - I thought readers of A Journey might appreciate the lessons I learned as I was seeking solutions and instead - often found myself stuck in the problems.
Along the way I realized there are plenty of "pages" and "groups" where I could go to get my ego stroked.
Lots of ways I can get involved with others who are still full of anger at what others did to them that harmed them. Places where I can talk about and learn to recognize "abusers" and "narcissists" abound aplenty.
Many opportunities to become enmeshed in self pity.
Tons of places where I can find others who are not wanting to "trigger" me, to take care of me - instead of teaching me to take care of myself.
Lots of places where I could hang out where my anger at what others had done to me was fanned and fueled.
Yet - there are few places where I could go to learn to grow beyond that place of chronic victimhood.
Few places to learn how to trust myself instead of feeling like I could trust no one.
When I was a part of those places and sought out those groups that made me feel good about being a "victim" and a "survivor"…
I did not grow.
To find my path to freedom from the past I had to be willing to start seeing myself not as a victim and more than a survivor.
I had to be willing to walk away from those places where it felt really good to be wrapped up in the caring of others who had had similar experiences; where I could remain that powerless child waiting for someone to "help" me, to "fix" me. To tell me that I was amazing, powerful and capable.
Until I realized that only I could give those things to myself.
I had to be willing to walk toward the light instead of staying in the darkness.
I had to stop focusing on what had happened to me and how it had left me feeling broken…
I had to stop seeking others who were so willing to soothe my wounds and learn to make myself feel better.
I had to decide to "get a life" instead of wanting and wishing for a perfect life where I was someone - except who I was.
I had to start seeking solutions that empowered me to start telling a story not about what happened to me but about how I overcame what happened to me.
Empowering Solutions is the result of that search for the answers that set me free from that darkness that consumed my days, my nights and my life.
Welcome to Empowering Solutions.
May we all find our power and create our "best life".
In eternal gratitude that we share this journey.
Susan
PS…does this post speak to you?
Do you see yourself as wanting to grow but still stuck in the muck of the past, telling your story over and over; commiserating with others in telling their stories over and over?
Are you tired of not being able to trust anyone?
Are you ready to start learning how to trust yourself instead of blindly trusting everyone?
Are you ready for some "empowering" solutions?
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