I’ve written before about when parts of yourself that you haven’t acknowledged lately or taken care of suddenly burst to the forefront and make themselves known – they demand to be acknowledged, loved and remembered. There are the parts of yourself that you actually like that do this – for me most recently, it’s my Japanese self that wanted to be remembered and loved a little.
However, I’d be surprised if many people can tell me that they completely love every aspect of themselves, that they haven’t left parts of themselves behind they disliked, disloved and decided to disown.
I know I have done this several times over the years. In self-help circles, we’re often told to make peace with and kiss goodbye to all the bits of yourself that you hate and that don’t serve you right now and into the future.
So this is what we try to do – make peace with yourself, kiss them goodbye – and you feel so much lighter and happier, and you can experience joy and carry on with your life with a rose-scented future.
But once in a while, even when you think you’ve achieved this state, that you’re free from all the things that you don’t like within yourself, they come back with a vengeance.
