LETTING GO

I have learned that we are like clay, that grows hard if not "worked." Often, we hang onto our past wounds, that may have been deep, or only a scratch onto our surface. Someone who is molding clay will fill the scratch or "wound" with some other clay, or use it as part of the growing piece as part of the finished product. 

Some past events may change the shape of what we were planning, but WE are the ones that decide what effect they have on us. Life, like art, is in the process of getting in touch with our emotions, and sometimes, we have to take things that hurt, or are uncomfortable, and look at it as part of the growth of who are becoming. 

We can learn and grow healthier in our sense of our true self, or we can continue to stay in the same vein of our hurt. One path leads to growth, the other to stagnation. 

Just like pounding and molding clay into something beautiful, we can learn to look at our life as a journey to a beautiful end, instead of dwelling on the pounding, but also, if we leave clay alone, and never "work" with it, what happens? It dries up, cracks, and can't express what it's purpose was. 

We have to look at the past honestly, forgive others and ourselves, and to learn from our past...
this is the work that sets us free.