Inward (The Inward Trilogy)

by Yung Pueblo

before i could release the weight of my sadness and pain, i first had to honor its existence

three things make life harder: not loving yourself refusing to grow not letting go

before we can heal and let go, what ails us deeply must first come to the surface

it is a paradox occurring in the human mind: we run away from what we do not want to face, from what brings feelings of pain, and from problems we don’t have answers to, but in our running away from ourselves we are also running away from our own freedom.

when we disconnect from our pain we stop growing when we are dominated by our pain we stop growing freedom is observing our pain letting it go and moving forward

the greatest gift sadness gave me was the motivation to transform

it did not happen overnight and it was not given to me by another i am the maker of the happiness and love growing within me

letting go doesn’t mean forgetting; it means we stop carrying the energy of the past into the present

i am not fully healed i am not fully wise i am still on my way what matters is that i am moving forward

forcing ourselves to be happy is not genuine or useful being honest about what we feel, while remaining calm and aware, is the real work

though the pain once felt unbearable and everlasting, the peace i feel today is a testament to the heart’s ability to heal

heaviness comes from hanging on tightly to emotions that were always meant to be ephemeral. it is not easy to let go, especially when all we know is attachment. we want things to last forever and we turn difficult moments into long-lasting pain simply because we have not learned to let go. we have not learned that the beauty of living comes from the movement of change. letting go does not mean that we forget, and it does not mean that we give up. it just means that we are not letting our present happiness be determined by things that happened in the past or by things we wish to happen in the future.