Broken Children, Grown-up Pain (Revised) Quotes

“The greatest power within a person is the ability to choose change. This requires self-examination, this requires determination, this requires judging what needs to be changed, this requires moving from shame into guilt, and this requires repentance. There is a reason we struggle and react the way we do, but there is no excuse.”
― Paul Hegstrom, Broken Children, Grown-up Pain (Revised): Understanding the Effects of Your Wounded Past

“The greatest power within a person is the ability to choose change. This requires self-examination, this requires determination, this requires judging what needs to be changed, this requires moving from shame into guilt, and this requires repentance. There is a reason we struggle and react the way we do, but there is no excuse. We are not responsible for the original childhood wound, but we are responsible for our lifelong reactive behaviors that are sourced in that childhood wound. Many times it requires forgiveness of ourselves and others, and with forgiveness comes restoration and healing.”
― Paul Hegstrom, Broken Children, Grown-up Pain (Revised): Understanding the Effects of Your Wounded Past