Meditations on God

Forgiveness is not easy.

Your trauma is part of your identity.

The chains of your suffering feel like a security blanket.

Your anger, fear, and sadness become your safe space.

They feel comfortable and familiar.

After all, they have kept you alive for this long.

It feels as if to let go of your suffering would be to die.

Quite often, however, that which you feel has helped you to survive is actually the thing that has kept you from thriving.

That which you hold onto from your past is preventing you from living to your full potential.

If you want to be free of this burden, if you want to truly live, you must first be willing to let go of your suffering.

You must be willing to forgive.