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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