My Abuse was a Blessing!?!




A couple day ago I posted a blog entry that got me to thinking.  

Reviewing the checklist of behaviors and challenges a person can face as a result of childhood sexual abuse made me pause.

Stillness  is good.  After being still with gratitude for being where I am, I wondered if I would be where I am without those traumatic experiences. 

Who knows right?  Without one big or small thing happening in your life, would you have the same life?  We just don't know.

That made me wonder, if I'm grateful for my life now, am I grateful for ALL that brought me here?

Am I grateful for being sexually abused as a child? 

YIKES!   Just the thought of the two ideas in one sentence, much less one mind.

I was till again to hear a deeper voice. 

"No, you're not grateful for traumatic events or their consequences.  What you're grateful for is your response.  What you're grateful for is SURVIVING and thriving"

That sounded right.

I am so grateful for what I've been able to do with those traumatic  events.  I'm grateful for my faith, for LOVE and for forgiveness.

We have absolutely no control over what happens in this world - outside of our own behaviors and our own reactions. 

What I did with my abuse, was a blessing - to me and to others.    I'm so grateful for being able to respond the way I did - eventually. 

Our thoughts, our words and what we are grateful for is powerful.  Because what we're grateful for, we get more of.  I don't want more abuse.  I'm not grateful for being abused and I won't put that out into the universe.

I am grateful for the capacity to love and forgive.  That is a blessing I want more of.

What are you grateful for?  How did traumatic events shape your life?  How are your responses helping you today?

Be still for the answers.

With Love and with light,
Julette
♥♥♥


 

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