Almost everyone has felt the humiliation of being rejected, over-looked, ignored or left for another. Emotional pain can be debilitating in that it can take away your desire to do things such as eat, walk, talk or even function.
What can we do with wounded pride? With disappointment? With jealousy? With the sense of having been wronged? What can we do with all those feelings that invite us to become cold, bitter, angry, and cynical?
A typical reaction is to deny it. To pretend it’s not happening. However, whenever we deny that we’re wounded, we formulate the perfect breeding ground for bitterness, anger, cynicism, coldness, and rage. It can be terrifying to enter into your own brokenness. Terrifying to enter into all those places that you’ve denied exist inside of you.
Carrie
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Joanne, these comments are public. If you want to reply to me in confidence, email me at carrie@carrienet.com, or you can use the contact links on this website.