The Glass Ceiling of Fear

"You can't "prop up" a person that refuses to stand."-me

Recently, I asked one of my "homeboys" to read a few of my blog posts and help "plug the gap" where my feet often stumbled.

He didn't read one, but he read all of them!

After a gut-wrenching, "throat punch of truth," he unleashed the dragon.

I was knee-deep in the swamp of hot ashes.

Needless to say, I had allowed fear to become my glass ceiling!

Each time, I took off running for the hills, I looked back to the valley for "familiar hands."

The "child within" had learned to go without the things needed most; so as an adult,

I counseled my fears.

I nursed my vulnerabilities.

I coached my failures.

However, my hands kept reaching for the "mentor within" that the younger version of me survived without.

Let's face it! Kids learn what they live, even inherited dysfunction.

Grown-up habits can resurface as future hurdles.
Childhood denials can become adult superhighways of constant delays.
Lack breeds superficial lust.
Past avoidance can manifest as future addictions.

Over the years, I kept a "trigger finger" on my pain.
I had a love-hate relationship with my process.

My "healing" wasn't a linear race that I could just sprint to without:

the highs and lows,
bumps and bruises,
wins and failures.

Therefore, my frustration unraveled each time I placed my insecurities on the altar for public display.

They say the highest form of rejection is choosing something/someone that doesn't choose you in return; so don't let the relationship that you neglect, be the one from within.

Offer love.
Offer hope.
Offer patience.

Don't sit in the pit of your pain, nursing a passive aggressive bandage, because the enemy within has convinced you that evolution is selfish.

You can either be passive in pity or productive at healing!

Kick the crutch of superficial validations from underneath the surface of your foundation.

Heal at your pace.
Grow in His grace.

Maybe you were created to help ease the pain by ushering the broken-hearted to the Divine Healer.

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