Why this Blog
For decades I focused on past hurts, looking in the rearview mirror, so to speak, often telling myself, “Just forget what happened, it’s over.” But, I couldn’t. I was tired of reliving the past, tired of how it made me feel about myself, and tired of wishing for a different childhood.
Then one day, as I brushed off my dog Baby’s hair from my slacks I suddenly undestood that, like Baby, I too needed to shed the old. Somehow I just knew that if I was ever going to enjoy the good in my life today I had to let go of all my yesterdays. But, I didn’t know how. And there was no instructional manual on how to move from thinking of the past to living today.
I asked myself, “How do I go about working through and releasing the past? What do I need to do? What am I waiting for? What will it take for me to finally live “today?”
I first searched for solutions outside myself; in books, seminars, how-to classes, friends, and family. Ultimately I found that the answers to these questions, and many more, were inside me and had been all along. I began to remember that I am a child of God, and I am not what happened to me those many years ago. I discovered that as God’s child I have all the power I need to heal from my past. All I had to do go within, ask for help and listen.
Everyone has experienced some disappointment, hurt, or trauma in his or her life. No one is immune. Not me, not you. Just as I was, you may be stuck in your past, unable to move beyond your experiences.
During my healing process I was given four profound and useful tools for working through, letting go of, and moving beyond the past. I could never have conceived of these tools myself. They were a gift from God, a gift that I will share with you in hopes that you will find your way out of your past and in to your “today.”
Regardless of your age or experiences, as a child of God you have the inner power, strength and courage to heal from the past. This blog does not contain all the answers you will need, or all the solutions along your healing journey. Those are within you.
My hope is that you will find benefit from what I learned and experienced about letting go of the old and embracing the new. And if you choose to share, I look forward to learning from you.
Blessings for today, Jeannine
