Your Story – Telling and Healing

I recently was listening to a wise woman sharing her difficult past, and she was asked what is the best thing to bring healing to yourself. Her answer was laughter and telling her story.

Healing has come to her through telling and sharing her story. That impacted me greatly, as I think sharing is a powerful way to do this. Healing comes in different forms like physical, mental and spiritual, but I personally have found mental healing every time I have been able to share my story. For others healing may come in different forms, but this is has been my experience.

What about you? How often do you get to share your story, the difficult things you have been through? Not just snippets or short takes of your life, but a chance to truly share your story. In the fast paced and isolating world we live in, this can be a fleeting thing. How often do we just sit and listen to others share what they have walked through, or are walking through now?

How often are you vulnerable and share the deep parts of your story, your history, your past? When you have a safe place and a safe person to share your story with, it can have intangible results of positivity. There is just something about sharing with someone who shows they truly want to hear what you have been through and what you have to say.

Finding that safe place, person or environment has really helped me open up. And it’s not just a one way street. When I share with one person or even a larger group, I always see something a little differently, or even find deeper understanding about things. Sometimes I think I have learned more when I share my story than anyone else does.

It’s an open door to being more vulnerable. Crossing over that line to being more vulnerable can just be downright scary. We need to be wise when we make that decision but sometimes the rewards when we do it, can be immeasurable.

There have been times when I have shared something that I had forgotten about, something that might have been more painful than other things. When I take the space to flip through the deeper memories, I can be amazed sometimes at what comes up. Things long forgotten, things long repressed because it’s so painful, things not yet healed.

Healing might not be immediate, or happen right after you share your story or parts of your story. But, it can slowly bring that about. It’s not a one shot deal. Just share all of this once and snap, snap it’s all good.

Generally with age comes maturity, and hopefully wisdom. But neither of those things are guaranteed. I am working towards maturity and wisdom but it definitely takes work. I can think back through what I have been through, the mistakes I have made, and possibly the people I have hurt along the way. Intentionally or unintentionally, including myself.

If I sit in that personal judgment and pain of what I have been through or what I have done, and not work through it, it will continue to be painful. But sharing my story and talking about those things can help me learn more and see things differently and seek forgiveness.

Since we all see life through our own eyes, we might not be able to see how our words, past, pain, trials, triumphs and all that we have learned can impact someone else. Sharing our stories isn’t just about us. Our stories can impact those around us. We can downplay this impact, but that doesn’t mean it cannot still happen.

Don’t underestimate the power of sharing your journey. You don’t know who it might impact and even how much it could help you heal.

Friend, if you are scared to share your story, you are not alone and I’m praying for you.

Comment below is you agree with the power of sharing our stories or send me a message through the contact form on the site. Don’t forget to like, subscribe and share this blog if you think it might impact someone else.