The truth will set you free

My journey of healing my past has opened so many new doors while closing those doors that were no longer beneficial to my well-being.
I have realized that while I am sharing my journey with other individuals, new doors of opportunity are always opening. The greatest is the ability to share my steps of healing with another person who is going through that same pain.

Here is where I started:

As a Christian, my first step was to let go and let God. I always wanted to be in control and do it my way… It wasn’t working. After so many years of suffering and keeping this secret, I prayed: God please open those doors which I have not been able to and close those doors that have been my greatest obstacles. I could no longer fake it, pretend everything was okay; I was going to have to be genuine. If I expected God to use me to help other people. I knew that I was going to have to be honest and share the truth ~ I would learn that this would set me free.
These steps are not new many people have shared these. We just have to get in touch with them and apply them to our journey of healing.

Feelings ~ This was very hard for me it would open doors for people to judge me, then I remembered no one would judge me harder than I have judged myself. There is a quote “people who hide their feelings usually care the most” I am learning and seeing how very true this is, when we have suffered a deep pain, we tend to show so much more compassion, we know how they may be feeling, we care. So, open your heart so you can have an impact of the lives of others. Share your story and feelings.

Failure ~ I couldn’t go back and change the results of my choice. It was final and nothing was going to make this right. I failed plain and simple. What I needed to learn was that although I had failed, I could forgive myself, it would take many years, for me to succeed at this, I knew God forgave me it, and now I forgave myself. The truth had set me free. We all will fail we just need to remember to learn and grow from our experiences and forgive ourselves. Let the truth set you free.

Faults ~ we all have them, we are not perfect and not everyone is going to like us. We are all a work in progress so be honest, humble, and admit you have faults. Our failures can help make a difference in peoples lives.

Fear ~ False Evidence Appearing Real ~ the real reason so many of us hide the truth, we hold it in and make ourselves miserable, it doesn’t help you or anyone else. It affects our Autonomic Nervous System (ANS). * When we learn to share our fears two things happen, it reduces your level of fear and it encourages the other person. You get healing and they get healing.
Our perception Influences our (ANS) when we are free from fear, we are no longer in that “flight or flight” we can experience that peace within us which is so much better for our well-being.

Autonomic Nervous System

Parasympathetic
Safety response
Maintains Homeostasis
Prevents sympathetic functions
Supports immune system
Supports digestive system
Supports Problem-solving

VS

Sympathetic
Stress response
Fight or Flight
Suppresses digestive system
Suppresses reproductive system
Decreased problem solving
Relies on preprogrammed responses