My mind is wired a lot differently than most, and its taken time to realize that it’s still ok. Thankfully, with counseling help, I’m working on trying to retrain my brain; to learn how a healthy adult’s mind can be adaptable, flexible, reasonable, and adjust as needed, in a healthy way.
I’ve learned that Ptsd, a history of living through traumatic events, and/or abuse can leave a person’s mind and body in survival mode permanently.
During a special holiday service, with a dear friend and spiritual mentor leading it, she brought up a quote that just hit me in the stomach so hard. I haven’t been able to forget it.
“You Cannot Heal What you do not Feel.” Dr. Edith Eger
She was telling the story of a Dr. Edith Eger, a sixteen year old Hungarian Olympic gymnast cut from the team for being Jewish (NewsColony, 8/16/2020); and also a ballerina that was taken from her home in 1944.
She lost her parents on the first day to the gas chamber. She was forced to dance for the feared and hateful Angel of Death, SS officer Josef Mengele.…..forced to walk in a death march, and was then saved from Auschwitz. (Source, NewsColony, 8/16/2020)
I heard that quote from Dr. Eger for a reason, and now I’m being pulled to share it for a reason,….big picture, I’m still here for a reason. Ok, I won’t go down that road right now.
After reading just a tiny bit of Dr. Eger’s story, it is now tops on my list to get her memoir, “The Choice.” Seeing life through the eyes of another can have such a profound and groundbreaking way of settling and adjusting our perspectives. I have heard that a lot of times, the most compassionate and loving people have actually been through some unimaginable pains in their lives. They know what it feels like, so they try to show just the opposite to those around them.
https://newscolony.com/she-survived-auschwitz-now-92-dr-edith-eger-says-learn-to-love-your-life/
Live, Laugh, Love with everything you’ve got, while you still can! 💜✨ Thank you so much for being here. I truly appreciate and value you all.
