Do you believe in resurrection? Not the one Jesus managed, which is the cornerstone of the Christian faith. This is not a religious post.
I’m talking about personal resurrection. The kind where you’ve screwed up badly, maybe WAY in back in the past, but are finally able to develop the confidence to put it behind you and move on. To rise from your own ashes, so to speak.
Letting the pain of your mistake(s) go is the hard part, but once you develop that key skill, moving on is liberating.
There’s a guy out there who refers to the part of you that can’t let go of your errors as the “pain-body”. It’s the part of you that manifests itself in your internal dialog. It fosters doubt, regret and anger as you let it take control of your emotions.
The pain-body spirals some of us into insanity, some of us to lash out at strangers and loved ones with odd and inappropriate venom – often followed by regret; and the rest of us to drink heavily!
Of course, that feeds the pain-body further, building up a pile of crap inside you that can be a bitch to manage.
When you feel that rise of emotion, embrace your pain-body, grab it by the throat and tell it to piss off.
Oh, it’ll come back for sure… but you’ll be locked and loaded.
The first step to beating it back is knowing who and what the hell it is!
it’s all about the process; being patient with yourself and keeping your eyes open for opportunities to change without changing for the sake of change…that’s what I think at least
By: noviashley on April 12, 2008
at 11:16 am
You never know where your blog ideas may take someone… Instead of “Resurrection”, this posting took me back to my Jesuit education days. Remembering those patient souls, pushing a bratty southern belle to use her brain in a most unaccustomed and uncomfortable way, prying open that window to the world…
Now I’m revisiting my Philosophy minor. Nothing like trying to force an old brain to think in ways it has forgotten. Thanks for the nudge.
By: AA on April 14, 2008
at 10:43 am