Statute of Limitations

There has to be some point when we stop using our screwed up childhoods as an excuse for being unhappy adults. Holding on to anger and bitterness eats you alive - it knows at your insides just a little bit every day until one day you are a hollowed out gray ghost wandering the cereal isle with no idea if you want high fiber or sweet circles. I'm not saying the pain of a messed up childhood won't reach up & bite you now and again...lord knows it will. I'm just saying there are 1,000 moments in between in which you decide how you wish your life to be. Given that the past cannot be changed holding onto it serves no purpose. The past is not an excuse for being unhappy. Many of us have required professional help to recover from childhood trauma. For some the trauma was too great, the scars too deep, there was no way to completely heal - however, if you have a "life" today, you are now the responsible party for your life. That may be one tough nut to crack - the past may be a heavy trailer hitched to yor tail...it can be released - there are means through which you can free yourself from all tha weight. No one says it is easy, just seems to me the work is worth the reward. All we have in our control is this moment, this measure of time, & it is so precious - so valuable, giving away any more of it than was taken by a messed up childhood - well, don't do it! You made it out, you survived - now thrive...show whatever or whoever that they can no longer ruin one second of your life because you have control-you are in the drivers seat and you will go wherever you darn well please however you darn well please so they can just go suck raw eggs because this is your life and you are going to have a ball - you are going to celebrate every moment. You are going to give each day one heck of a ride...open every morning like Christmas! Yes, some days will snap up and bite you - PTSD does not give you fair warning - the rest of the time though, goodness, celebrate,enjoy, be happy - it is your life now! You are the person deciding how your life is going to be - happiness is in your hands - I sure wish there was a road map...if you survived then you have the power & strength to thrive. Don't sell yourself short. You can do it! Now, the choices are yours! Choose life! Choose happiness! Choose joy! Choose forgiveness! Choose you!