Acceptance and Healing...


I listened to a speech given by Sadie Robinson today and I do not think I have ever been so impacted by a person speaking in my entire life. She discussed a lot of relevant points but there were two points she talked about that really struck me. (1) We all are given opportunities; however, our own self-doubt and insecurities pull us away. (2) We often put up a false sense of healing saying time heals all wounds when in reality we have to go back to that place of pain and sadness to experience true healing.

Before I go on please listen to her video at the following link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syPL8TvtT8Q&t=1446s. The video is a little lengthy; however, it is a truly incredible speech she gives. Regardless of your beliefs on religion, I think you can gain something from her speech. Please take the time because she has some truly insightful points she shares.

Sadie began by talking about a homeless man she saw on the street and Jesus spoke to her and said he died to take away his pain so go put it within his reach. She introduced herself to him and told him she wanted to give him her Jesus Bible but he refused. Sadie insisted but he said he could not take it because he was an atheist. She went to set it on the ground and leave it but he stopped her telling her to please give it to someone who will take it. Sadie goes on to explain how we all do something similar. Jesus comes to us and begs us to come to him but we turn away. He is within our reach but we choose to turn the other way. I started thinking about this idea outside of a religious context and found we do the same thing. We are never happy with what we have or where we are at in life, so we turn our backs and start looking for something “better” instead of appreciating what we have. We feel like we are entitled to more, we are never satisfied. We get so wrapped up in all the material things that we forget what is truly important.

Sadie also touches on healing by sharing a personal experience in her life where she was experiencing pain and sadness. She continues by stating how everyone says time heals all wounds, but in reality it just serves as a Band-Aid because we have not experienced true healing. Time allows us to forget and occasionally remember, but it does not heal. In order to experience true healing we have to go back to the place where we experienced that pain and sadness. If we want to experience true healing we have to breathe out our ugly and come to terms with the situation. It can never be erased, we will always have the scars, but we can accept and learn from it to experience true healing.

I think we have all been there; felt like we were not good enough or that time would heal our wounds. But in reality, we are just avoiding our problems and not dealing with them properly. We keep running from our problems letting them build up and they turn into a mountain until we are forced to deal with them. At the end of the day no one can make these changes except for you. You have to make the conscious decision to face your self-doubt, insecurities, and pain head on.

What have you been turning your back on? Have you been taking what you have for granted? Have you been avoiding dealing with past experiences? What do you need to do to feel comfortable going to that place to experience healing?  

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