323 Quotes About Healing-the-past

Laughter and love is the key to a happy and healthy life.

Part of the shelter for these wounded ones involves the emergence of what we are calling protectors, aspects of ourselves that actively engage an inner and outer worlds to keep more hurt coming to those already injured. They also support the seawall that keeps the pain, fear, rage, sorrow and other inner experiences from continually welling up to threaten daily functioning.

Your inner child is waiting for a genuine, heartfelt apology.

Healing is painful. It means disinfecting deep wounds. It means experiencing the pain for a season in order to put in the past for a lifetime.

I no longer look to my abusers with any expectation– of remorse, or apology or restitution or restoration or relationship. I’m at peace, accepting that they won’t and can’t help me out of the mess they created. But, I’m the best qualified for that job anyway and I’m happy with the job I’m doing.

Death has worn you smooth as a stone.

When God restores you, you might not see all the changes at once. You'll begin to notice parts of you that were broken are no longer that way. Then one day, you realize you're an entirely different person than you used to be. That's grace.

Time is not necessary for healing but it is generally inevitable.

When you look at it only from your own perspective, it’s easy to think that only you have suffered harm. But if you change your thinking... you can approach the other person first and say, “I’m sorry. Please forgive me.