Possibilities

Beyond the Script

Oftentimes pain has a pull to it. This can be past pains, trauma, disappointment or patterns of toxicity in current situations. Or it can be struggles with decisions, focus or fluctuations of how we feel or how events may go. Maybe we've had those around us attempt to alleviate our suffering by claiming that our lives our scripted and that our pain is simply meant to be.

The age old truism -

"It is what it is" may be better replaced with an acknowledgement that sometimes

"it is what it shouldn't have been."

Rather than succumbing to a passive posture in our daily lives, we do well to explore what options we have to work towards healthier versions of self, family and community. While pain has a pull, love (in its nature) has a lure.

If we learn to follow gentle nudges towards forgiveness, reconciliation, healing or peace, what might be possible? We could experience the power of the therapeutic process and write a new story.

We can learn to pick up the pen.

While there are definitely things that we cannot change, there are various aspects of our lives in which new choices and habits enable us to author new chapters of our relationships. This means that we do have an influence in co-creating certain parts of our future.

You'll have a safe space to zero in and explore what this means for you and your family. I dare not say that the possibilities are "endless," as each of us has a variety of limitations that we face. However, you can align yourself with the best possible options before you, being intentional to build towards the person that deep down you want to become.

This underscores character, relationships and a zest to enjoy life to the fullest with overall well-being in mind.