The skeleton in the cupboard, family secrets we all have them, how does the disclosure impinge on you? do you forgive or remain embittered?
How true is the phrase 'What's done in the dark will come to the light.' When the truth of disclosure appears what do you do?..what's the impact? how do you move on? Whose truth...yours or mine?
When you have been bitten by the bug, can you find love? are you capable of reaching out from under your own to give love, be open...or do you remain embittered by your experience so that it becomes entrenched....do your actions impinge on others?...what's the fallout of this. Do we remain closed or open?
As an individual observing this it's difficult to say, are we products of our environment? and as a by product do we become part of the problem?
How do the actions of others affect and mould us? Do they become instrumental in the formation of our personalities? When we're told the full story of something how does that knowing change or have a bearing on our viewpoint. Do we remain compassionate or embittered?
When do we let go? can the power of the past give us freedom or keep us tied? Do we ever learn to let go, can indiscretions be forgiveable? How far do the actions of others affect your ability to forgive?
We're all products of our experience.
Triumphs and disastrous missteps both play a part.
None of us would be who we are today without going though everything we've gone through.
When we try to pretend that some embarrassing incident in our past didn't happen, we're denying a part of ourself.
Change even one single thing in your past, and the you you are now might be radically different -- and not necessarily in a good way.
Cherish your mistakes as much as your shining moments, because not a single moment on the path to the here and now is any less important than any other.
If something in your past still upsets you, you probably haven't thought about it long enough, learned its lessons.
Until that secret evokes nothing from you but a chuckle, you haven't dug deep enough.
Want to immunize yourself against gossip? Fearless introspection is the only sure way.
