If we become more self-aware of how we are processing our thoughts and perceptions and redirect those in more life-giving ways, then inside every loss, a more wise, empathetic, understanding, discerning, compassionate person of strength and humility has the potential to arise within us. So I walk back through my story and call her to arise. I developed beliefs about life, myself, other people, God, and forgiveness as a child. And those beliefs were often most deeply ingrained in me when I was hurt as a child. This is what formed my processing system through which my thoughts and experiences
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