Remembering The Good Times
I recently came across some childhood pictures of myself
These pictures instantly took me back to that memory. In this particular picture I was wearing a black sweater with silver sparkles. That sweater was my favorite sweater, I remembered how good it made me feel to put on that sweater. I also remembered my cousin had the same sweater. The second picture was of me and my cousin, we were wearing the same robe only in different colors. I was about 8 years old in both of the pictures. This was more than just about the clothes we were wearing in the pictures. The picture made me remember how happy I was at the time, and how close my cousin and I were. Were we like sisters rather than cousins, and we always dressed alike. Also, at this time I was away from my mother and America was my new home, my aunt made me feel at home here. My aunt treated like I was also her daughter that made me feel good. It's funny how a picture brought all of this back to m memory. The abuse that I experienced later in my life caused me to loose sight of the good times. After the sexual assault at 12 years old, I viewed the world differently, and suddenly nothing else mattered.
Make The Bad Times Small
What ever we magnify in our lives is what will determine the direction of our lives. Most of my life I magnified the abuse and the neglect that I went through as child. As a result the depression and hurt took control of my life and before I knew it I found myself stuck in a dark place. I lost time that I can never get back and I lost sight of all the good memories that I shared with my loved ones. I was blinded by my pain causing me to have tunnel vision to only seeing the bad times. This is what happens when the bad times become magnified, it take root and begin to contaminate everything around it. The bad times don't deserve to be magnified, instead we can fight it with therapy, support groups or with prescribe medication. There is hope!
Magnify The Good Times
I found power in magnifying the good times. The good times is tangible proof that life is beautiful and filled with wonder and joy. There are so many joys and excitement that I have experienced in my lifetime. In the bad times I have to remember that whatever I am going through is only temporary. The bad times is not here to stay it is just a moment and just a season that I am going through. I never want to be at a place in my life again where I allow the bad times to be magnified in my life. I am still on my journey of healing and life is not perfect but I have a lot to be thankful for. I will magnify the good in my life and make the bad times small as I work through it. Whatever I want in my life that is what I will magnify.
I recently came across some childhood pictures of myself
These pictures instantly took me back to that memory. In this particular picture I was wearing a black sweater with silver sparkles. That sweater was my favorite sweater, I remembered how good it made me feel to put on that sweater. I also remembered my cousin had the same sweater. The second picture was of me and my cousin, we were wearing the same robe only in different colors. I was about 8 years old in both of the pictures. This was more than just about the clothes we were wearing in the pictures. The picture made me remember how happy I was at the time, and how close my cousin and I were. Were we like sisters rather than cousins, and we always dressed alike. Also, at this time I was away from my mother and America was my new home, my aunt made me feel at home here. My aunt treated like I was also her daughter that made me feel good. It's funny how a picture brought all of this back to m memory. The abuse that I experienced later in my life caused me to loose sight of the good times. After the sexual assault at 12 years old, I viewed the world differently, and suddenly nothing else mattered.
Make The Bad Times Small
What ever we magnify in our lives is what will determine the direction of our lives. Most of my life I magnified the abuse and the neglect that I went through as child. As a result the depression and hurt took control of my life and before I knew it I found myself stuck in a dark place. I lost time that I can never get back and I lost sight of all the good memories that I shared with my loved ones. I was blinded by my pain causing me to have tunnel vision to only seeing the bad times. This is what happens when the bad times become magnified, it take root and begin to contaminate everything around it. The bad times don't deserve to be magnified, instead we can fight it with therapy, support groups or with prescribe medication. There is hope!
Magnify The Good Times
I found power in magnifying the good times. The good times is tangible proof that life is beautiful and filled with wonder and joy. There are so many joys and excitement that I have experienced in my lifetime. In the bad times I have to remember that whatever I am going through is only temporary. The bad times is not here to stay it is just a moment and just a season that I am going through. I never want to be at a place in my life again where I allow the bad times to be magnified in my life. I am still on my journey of healing and life is not perfect but I have a lot to be thankful for. I will magnify the good in my life and make the bad times small as I work through it. Whatever I want in my life that is what I will magnify.
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