Wounds to Wings: The Quiet Power of Letting Go

It has taken some decades for me to come to this realization – our perceptions are simply our perceptions. They are not absolute truths carved in stone. They are our side of the story, profoundly shaped by our beliefs and boundaries. 𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝒶 𝓂𝑜𝓈𝒶𝒾𝒸: 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒’𝓋𝑒 𝒷𝑒𝑒𝓃 𝓉𝑜𝓁𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒’𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝓈𝓈𝓊𝓂𝑒𝒹, 𝓌𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝓌𝑒’𝓋𝑒 𝒶𝒷𝓈𝑜𝓇𝒷𝑒𝒹. They form the narrative of who we think we are.

These stories, shaped by filtered perception, design the path we walk – the story of our life, the story of us. We live by that story, believe it, follow it... until we’re ready to ask new questions. Until we’re ready to look in another direction. Until we’re willing to truly listen to others – not just with our ears, but with our eyes, heart, and soul. With our entire being. Until we stop believing that there are parts of us that are “too broken,” “too boring,” “too wild,” “too much,” and we begin to ask:
𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝐼 𝒸𝒶𝓃 𝒽𝒶𝓋𝑒 𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓁?

𝒲𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝒾𝒻 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒’𝓈 𝓂𝑜𝓇𝑒?

That’s when the kind and courageous side kicks in.
The wild and adventurous side awakens.
The gentle side is finally willing to sprout and be seen.

We start to talk to our wounds differently. We start to treat them differently – not as our bad or broken parts, not as lifelong burdens, but as parts in need. In need of time. In need of care. In need of love. 𝒲𝑒 𝓇𝑒𝒶𝓁𝒾𝓏𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒹𝑜𝓃’𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝓃𝑒𝑒𝒹 𝒻𝒾𝓍𝒾𝓃𝑔.They need us to sit by their side and simply be. To sing. To hold them. To stop reaching for one more tool, one more answer, one more theory – and instead, just be there. Be there, and be love. Let go. Surrender. Trust.

𝒪𝓊𝓇 𝓌𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒹𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓂𝒶𝒹𝑒 𝑜𝒻 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈, 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓉𝒽𝑜𝓈𝑒 𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓇𝒾𝑒𝓈 𝒶𝓇𝑒 𝓃𝑜𝓉 𝒶𝓁𝓌𝒶𝓎𝓈 𝑜𝓊𝓇𝓈. As long as we hold on to what was handed down, we stay connected to the pain. But the moment we begin to loosen our grip – the moment we start releasing what was never ours to carry – a shift happens. It upgrades what we no longer need, and leaves us lighter.

It is time to let go of what the soul no longer claims.
It is time to let your wounds become your wings.

 

 

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May peace be with you.

♡  Hele