Every one of us was created for love and goodness. And part of my own healing has been recovering that truth about myself. Over time, all the pain—both physical and emotional—started to chip away at me, started to make me believe there was something wrong with me, that I wasn’t deserving of goodness or healing or wholeness anymore, that I had done something to bring about all this wreckage. But that’s not true. Pain and loss are a reality of life for all of us, and they’re not punishments or referendums on our fundamental worthiness.
