<p>Healed with Style and Grace</p><p>My past had abuse in it and no I did not deal with it. I tried desperately to move on and force myself to be ok.&nbsp; However it continuously came back. &nbsp;Appearing over and over in different ways. &nbsp;&nbsp;It showed up in my romantic relationships friendships work how I dealt with people etc.&nbsp; At first I couldn&rsquo;t recognize the situations as extensions of my past.&nbsp; I thought it was just the normal experiences your typical drama.&nbsp; I couldn&rsquo;t see why I kept having the same types of relations with people or why I continuously ran from situations that required a certain level of intimacy.&nbsp; Then there was paying my dues and working hard but afraid to shine.&nbsp;&nbsp; And finally feeling not good enough to experience greatness.&nbsp; I didn&rsquo;t realize these things were connected to my past.&nbsp; All of these triggers stemmed from feeling not good enough.&nbsp; I learned when things trigger us its because we battle with some aspect of it and its usually connected to some truth.&nbsp;</p><p>My life continuously bought me to the same place.&nbsp; It was like a cycle.&nbsp; Things would be going great then something would happen that would bring me right back to that feeling. &nbsp;It was like something had me stuck.&nbsp; It was like something was in my way preventing me from accelerating-a<em> glass ceiling.&nbsp; </em>I didn&rsquo;t want to feel this way anymore.&nbsp; I am the type of person who gets frustrated with monotony.&nbsp; So I needed to figure out what why I couldn&rsquo;t move forward and what was truly in my way.&nbsp; That roadblock.&nbsp; Why I kept feeling this <em>same old way </em>year after year situation after situation time after time.&nbsp; After careful <em>research of me</em> I realized that the opposition that stood <em>eye-to-eye</em> with me all these years was <em>me</em>. I had been standing in my way.&nbsp;</p><p>I had to emotionally deal with my past so that I could finally move on.&nbsp; Once and for good.&nbsp; Finally forgive myself.&nbsp; Learn to love others and myself in a healthy way.&nbsp;</p><p><em>I thought I loved myself enough.&nbsp; </em></p><p><em>I thought I knew my power.</em></p><p><em>I thought I was confident.</em></p><p><em>I thought I trusted myself.</em></p><p><em>I thought I was truthful with myself.</em></p><p><em>I thought I had dealt with the deep emotions inside.</em></p><p>I thought wrong.&nbsp; I didn&rsquo;t love me enough to heal me.&nbsp; I decided to put an end to the reoccurring scary dream.&nbsp; Heal that 6-year-old little girl inside from a past of abuse so that I could move on and live a purposeful life.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>