Diamonds are only chunks of coal that stuck to their jobs, you see.
– Malcolm Forbes
Determination is very important in our healing, without it, it is so easy to give up and sit in that same place for the rest of our lives.
So often it is difficult to know when to continue pushing forward and when to let go of a project or an idea. Healing forces us to decide what to continue working on. It also forces us to let go of certain ideas or hopes that may actually hold us back. For instance, letting go of the desire for the person who abused us to apologize, accept us, love us may be the one thing that allows us to progress in our own healing.
How has your determination paid off for you in your life? Have you been able to maintain determination in your healing? What ideas have you had to let go of to move forward in your healing?
Just for today, I will ask myself what results my determination has produced in my life and accept that some things take time.
