When we go through challenges and changes, and set the pieces of ourselves back together, we have the opportunity to emerge as a transformed version of ourselves. Learning new ways of being takes time, care and understanding; if we are to heal and move forward, we should nourish and celebrate how we are evolving.
This is not to say that personal growth is without difficulties and setbacks, especially after trauma or upheaval; making sense of how we move forward and walk a renewed path can remain a gradual process. But do not be afraid to keep going; let the world around you know that you are healing and working on finding fresh purpose.
Growth and healing can be uncomfortable, awkward and stressful. But given time, if we hold on to what it teaches us, we can survive what comes our way; even establishing a restored version of ourselves that carries us towards the love and joy that is on the other side of personal renovation.
Are you looking after yourself as you heal? What changes are you making in your life to move forward?
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A lovely piece. Putting it all back together is vital.
Exactly — and it’s okay if it looks different than before or you’re a new version of yourself. Thanks for reading!
Last year was really hard for me for several reasons. These last few months I took my time to take care of my mental health and heal. I decided to do things I love and take enough time to rest. Self care should be our number one priority. I love how you summarised in two sentences the importance of prioritizing self care and self discovery. While trying to heal you also learn new things about yourself, you grow wiser and stronger.
I’m so glad to hear that you have prioritized your self-care; you’re right that it is so important for our overall health. I’m definitely at the early stages of this for myself but I am going to make sure that I work on my healing — thank you so much for sharing your experiences and thoughts!
This is beautifully written Molly! Healing doesn’t get enough exposure –it needs to be talked about more. Its a journey we owe ourselves x
100%! I feel like healing isn’t recognized enough as a journey that evolves and transforms throughout our lives so I wanted to try and encapsulate the idea that’s it’s okay to be working on it. I’m so glad you liked this poem — thank you so much for reading!
Beautiful little poem. 😀
Thank you!
Adversity is definitely an opportunity to learn and evolve. Although, sometimes in the moment it’s hard to see that.
What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger. That’s what they say. What they don’t say is how tough & sometimes long that process is from surviving it, to us being made stronger for it. You summed it up beautifully in this poem.
Exactly — as it’s happening it is hard to see progress and/or purpose so we have to give it time and let ourselves learn as we go. Thank you so much for reading and sharing your thoughts.
Great poem!
Thank you!
I lovely poem! I like how you’ve emphasized that we are always changing. Thanks for sharing.
*A lovely poem…
I’m so glad you enjoyed reading it!
This resonates with me so much! I love it. 🙂
I’m so happy it does — thank you so much for reading!
This is such a lovely poem!
Thank you!
Great reminder to take time for yourself and understand what you need.
Exactly! It’s a slower process than we’d probably like to admit, but it’s worth doing.
Lovely piece! Healing is such an important part of our growth!
Corinne x
Thank you — and I 100% agree!
This is a lovely poem. Since my work accident and being diagnosed with fibromyalgia and chronic pain syndrome I am now a different version of me. I am not like I was but it doesn’t have to be a negative, I am just a new me. Thank you for sharing.
Lauren
Exactly — things change, sometime dramatically, so getting to know who we are again is all part of healing. Thank you so much for sharing your experiences!
Thank you!
Thank you so much. What a beautiful poem
Much appreciated!
Love this poem, Molly! You have an amazing talent x Penny
Thank you — so glad you liked it!
What a beautiful piece. Thank you so much for sharing! Any time I am about to evolve or elevate in some way, I always encounter a difficult roadblock. There’s always a lesson before a blessing.
I love what you’ve shared here — you’re so right about elevation and often encountering an obstacle/lesson to learn before a blessing. This is a great mindset to have about this!
Lovely writing! I think personal growth is important and even though it may be difficult it can be such a great experience for us to go through and learn more about ourselves x
100%! It’s sometimes a difficult thing to go through but it’s so worth it in the end — we definitely learn so much.
Beautiful poem Molly. In the past I neglected self-care, pushing on regardless. More recently I am putting myself first and taking better care of myself – it is okay to not feel well, for example. I still have a lot to learn though.
I’m still learning too, and over the last few years I too pushed my well-being and self-care aside. I hope you find lots of way to take care of yourself from now on — thank you so much for reading!
Beautiful. “You are allowed to reintroduce yourself” I love that line so much. Often we get so stuck in the right now that we forget to grow and love ourselves. We want to be the way that others expect us to be without thinking of what our souls need
This is so true — being mindful about what our souls need and what speaks to us is so important. We definitely lose track of that from time to time so it’s good to remind ourselves when we can.
Love this poem. I think it’s so important to recognise that we can change and reinvent ourselves. We don’t have to stay the same forever.
Exactly — as we grow, we change and that’s part of life (sometime difficult, but always needed). Thanks for stopping by!
I agree growing can be uncomfortable. It’s a process that I’m going through at the moment. Thank you for this lovely writing!
I am so glad that my poem resonated with you — thank you so much for reading.
Such a beautiful piece! Healing is so important.
Thank you!
It never feels like it, but difficulties make way for so much beauty… The opportunity to rebuild ourselves is the very thing, i think, that makes our life stories so beautiful!
Thank you for writing this beautiful piece…
– 💕 Alissa Ackerman | Fashion-Philosophy Blogger
I agree with so much — it’s definitely what makes our stories beautiful. Thank you for taking the time to read it!
I love that thought of reintroducing ourselves to the universe. Change is such a natural part of life and it’s so valuable to remember that and embrace it ❤
100%! I think so many of us think of growth as just the same version of ourselves learning something, but it’s more transformative than that. Thank you so much for reading!
What a lovely poem, Molly. So succinct and so spot on, and something we all should remember and live by. I’ve printed it out and pinned it to the noticeboard in my office – thank you so much for sharing. x
Thank you so much for doing that, I am honoured!
Beautiful poem Molly! Thanks for sharing with us. I think this year I’m definitely looking after my health more this year and I feel it will help me come to terms and move forward with the things I can do and not focus on what I can no longer do.
I’m so happy you like the poem — I am feeling much the same as you are and will be focusing on a the themes of health and healing this year. Moving forward from things that no longer serve us or help us in any way is so important so I wish you all the best with that!
Such a great poem! I really love that you emphasized that we are allowed to reintroduce ourselves, sometimes change can be so difficult for ourselves it’s difficult and scary to show to the world. Thanks for sharing x
I feel you on that; it’s definitely scary to reintroduce ourselves as we heal. I hope this poem helps anyone feeling like (I know I certainly feel this way). Thanks so much for reading!
Lovely post but I LOVE the poem. It’s beautiful, emotional and profund. This is so true and so eloquently given voice by your poem
Thank you so much — this is some lovely feedback and I am so happy that my poem resonated with you!
Change is often uncomfortable and unfamiliar, but they all bring us such beautiful insight and lessons on growth. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful poem about transformation and healing!
You’re 100% right — there is much to gain from growth, even the hard stuff. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and comment!
So beautiful. I was reading and feeling healed at the same time. Perfect time to read this piece. Thank you for sharing ❤️
I’m so happy it resonated with you!