By releasing condemnation and resentment, we free ourselves. This does not mean we do not set boundaries, or have to be in a relationship with those who harm and manipulate us. It does not excuse or condone any abuse, but it is only by letting ourselves off the hook, could we free energy up into writing our authentic life script.

If we could accept our own anger, of our parents’ limitations, and of the trauma embedded in our collective humanity across history — we are liberating not just ourselves, but we are also doing something of transpersonal meaning. Like a ripple that will evolve into a wave, you could be contributing to a universal healing force in the world.

Our history is a part of us, but it does not represent or define us.

At any given moment, we could give ourselves the permission to be a free, autonomous being, not weighed down by our past or baggage we have carried for our family of origin.

It is never too late to give yourselves the freedom that you deserve.

from Invisible Wounds of the Sensitive, Empathic and Emotionally Intense Child