"through" rather than "from" really expresses something that I feel but have been unable to put into words
Delib... ya, ditto for me. As I mentioned to Karen... it is not original... I borrowed from a teaching by Joyce Meyer.
Another point she makes that just rocked my world was this... she was helping someone get through something and asked the person why she did not move forward in what she knew she had to do.
"Because I am scared" was the reason for not doing whatever it was.
Joyce's advice, "Why don't you just do it scared"?
This blew me away. I had spent so much of my hell-period giving in to fear and pain. I would avoid doing things that I really should do to because to do so would bring on tremendous fear or pain.
So I borrowed Joyce Meyers' advice and began saying to myself "I am going to do this thing scared/hurt". Then just started doing it. Two amazing things happened:
1. It was never as scary or painful as my anticipation led me to think it would be. 2. The thing, whatever it was, got done. And I felt absolutely amazing as a result. Small successes started adding up to bigger ones. A new belief in myself started to grow. I led with my actions, not my feelings. I did things scared and hurt constantly. I couldnt believe the results. The fear or pain did not kill me, they made me stronger.
I began to be freed from the imobilizing fear that once had me confined to a frozen state of depression and anxiety. Unable to do anything. Which was uncharacteristic for me having been a very active person most of my life.
Anyway... that is part of my journey THROUGH. The fact that I went through and not FROM is part of why I have something to share here today. And I know many just like me who are going through. Funny.... after years of accepting this type of a journey.... I am actually starting to enjoy it.
