Everything which is alive changes.  It is a given.  You and I are changing.  A more descriptive  word for the healing journey is becoming.  We are becoming.  We may not yet know what we are becoming. When I am asked where I am on my healing journey. I have to answer: “I do not know.  I’ve never done this before.  I am better than I was.  But I do not know the end point so I can not judge how far I have yet to go.”

 Here is what I know, almost 6 years into this stage of my journey:  I am so much better than before.  Life is so much better.  I like who I am becoming.  I do not even know if it would be possible for me to go back to where I was before. 

 This quote from Baal Shem Tov spoke deeply to me: “Let me fall if I must. The one I will become will catch me.“

As I fall “the one I will become will catch me” becomes truer and truer.

We all fall.  It is a given to life.  Life includes challenges, failures, missteps, mistakes.  It is a part of being alive.  As I fall “the one I will become will catch me” becomes truer and truer.the fall is not the whole story.  Along with the persons around us who care for us, we can also catch ourselves.   As I have learned to appreciate, respect and love the inner child who kept me alive and found the way to let me keep going, I have discovered another part of me.  This part which embraces the inner child while using all my adult skills to navigate another way to be.  The old coping mechanism do not work anymore.  They haven’t for a long time.  I now have skills which let me catch myself when I fall.  I have resources to draw upon.  I have friends who journey with me from which I can ask help.  I have experiences of navigating difficulties to remind me of my competence.  I have faith in love greater than me which will not let me be alone. I have knowledge to

How about you?  Do you have a sense about who you are becoming or who you have become?  What are the skills which help you to catch yourself, to care for yourself, to pick yourself up when you fall? 

Remember, this is not a case for rugged individualism. Strength is not demonstrated by doing it all alone.  Rather it is demonstrated by seeking support and help from others.  It is knowing to make that phone call, send that text, schedule that conversation which shows true strength. 

You can do this!  You are not alone.