Respect the Healing Process

The beauty of this month for me is in taking on the practice of self-affirming daily. I have been putting it on myself to have positive self-talks no matter how bad I feel. Even if I’m devastated with myself or life, I am staying at it.

Believe it when I say, I have a lot of things that needs working out. I am aware of some healing required and for sure, it is not fun to get on with it and still keep up with the superficial that always make it feel like it is better to ignore, neglect and pretend all is well.

My affirmation for today is ;

My wounds keep me committed to Self-Care :

My scars keep me Self-Aware of my capability to heal.

Your wounds should keep you committed to Self-Care. Your scars should keep you Self-aware of your capability to heal. This is me drawing in positively from my struggles, my ugly, my challenges. Every circumstance in your life that opens up wounds or leave you wounded, is meant to awaken your urge to invest more in Self-Care I feel. Value your scars as they serve as reminders that you can heal.

Building on Self-awareness is what this is all about. It is a You Matter! – thing for sure. As you can read, I am no where close to letting this go unmentioned on most of my shares.

Taking good care of oneself is just one of those things everyone can use, necessarily. Even those who professionally work at health care facilities, cannot really go on not having this reminder, that their caring and capable selves can use some tenderness. The self you know very well can use some rest, some me-time, time out, a healing process, please give in. It is a futile matter when we approach life neglecting this, undervaluing Self-Care.

Being a person who suffers from depression has made me find it really life changing to be self-aware. This is one of the things that help me tremendously to keep up with my anxiety. It helps me channel my determination to cultivate Self-Power into things that work for my good, positive things. This, like admitting that I am tired or unable to handle certain things, whether indefinitely or just for a while. This is a positive admission to self. For sure, because I am actively always looking out for my mental health, unaware - many people tend to poke at my sensitivity and self-attention

. This incites wounds to open up, but it is the scars (fact that I am still standing) that keep opening room to marvel at my strengths rather than my weaknesses. I am left rather humbled at what my healing process(that of Self-awareness) continues to encompass. This is, a sense of comfort and hopefulness that is of my own, in recognition to my Lord’s grace!

I am encouraging you who is in a battlefield of the mind. The world around you is not ever going to fully grasp what it takes for you to make it through nights and days. Rather, it is more about building through SELF-CARE on every wound to get to scars that will inwardly add to your vitality, with an ever growing Self-awareness. It is often the things we choose not to deal with that tear us apart, mentally and physically. Do not be too proud to admit to yourself mostly, when wounds open up. Learn to give in to what needs attention for you to heal without shame. Sometimes all it takes is to admit you are wounded, in order to heal. To mend into just having scars instead of active wounds all the time, you may just need to admit you have been wounded. Not admitting you need healing, numbs you out.

It is okay to let yourself rest from keeping up with appearances that you are “okay” . It is okay to let yourself cry. It is okay to admit you are weakened by a situation. It is all in light of what the healing process is all about.

It Matters, You Matter!

Regards

Livhuwani