Abuse, addiction, grief, depression, debt, death.
How do you rise again?
“Turn your wounds into wisdom.” Oprah Winfrey
Life can be tricky. Abuse, addiction, grief, depression, debt, death or just that headachy hangover from a childhood focussed on surviving not thriving.
We may have or may be facing some or all of the above.
When the life shocks hit our lives and knock us off our feet, it can feel almost impossible to heave ourselves to standing, never mind start walking again.
I remember when my parents died, curled in a ball and watching from my bedroom window as people just got on with their ordinary lives and wanted to scream: “Look at you, all walking round as if nothing has happened. My mother is dead. My daddy is gone. Don’t you understand? How dare the world go on as if nothing has happened.”
But they did.
The clocks didn’t stop. They kept on ticking. My heart kept on ticking.
And over time, I uncurled from my ball, heaved myself to standing, got up from my bed and started walking again.
Sometimes when I’m sitting in my apartment in my new home town of Alnwick and look down at the bustle beneath me, I wonder how many others are just taking their first wobbly steps after a life shock.
And I ache a bit. For them. For me. For all of us.
Sometimes, it’s not easy.
But one thing’s for certain, you are not alone. Others have felt what you are feeling right now.
You may not know how to start walking again but take comfort that others have gone before you and there is a way.
To take a baby step.
To walk again.
To turn wounds into wisdom.
It’s day 17 of 31 day journalling challenge? Here’s today’s prompt
Thank you for this moving piece Suzy. We are not alone in our struggles. And the more we talk about what’s truly going on inside, the less alone we and others feel ❤️
This question hit me right in the guts. Thank you.
I can't write about it now but it's going to be wandering through my brain all day.
Thank you. X