Step 5 VOICING HEART

Confession is a long time practice in many religions. Understanding that the voice of our heart is the burdens of our soul can bring clarity to the importance of acknowledging our pain and the darkness from which our pain comes from and now is in. When we express it, we are taking it out of the dark and bringing it into the light where we are able to see it better and the more we can see it, the less afraid we are of what it can mean. Leaving something in the dark, or hiding it away gives it too much room to be anything. When we turn the lights on by expressing our awareness of our pain, it can’t determine how we feel about it anymore.

No longer can our heartbreaks control us. We are free to view ourselves in another way. We have changed our monsters into just shadowed chairs with clothes on them, and they don’t look as intimidating as they did before. Our thoughts aren’t as preoccupied by them. We aren’t as worried about what will happen. We can see and feel how we will be all right no matter what happens. We are devaluing our negative past by voicing our heartbreaks. This acknowledgment has become our greatest self-healer because we are able to let go of the dark so the light can shine within.