"Get over your shit"..is it THAT simple?

this is in response to a FOOL who thinks pain and scars are "shit to just get over with":

Have you ever noticed how different people become when they went through some sort of difficult stage in their lives? They change completely, which is a good thing. Maybe they've been hurt in a previous relationship but stepped out of it and has found real and true love. Maybe they had to quite their old jobs to become the successful entrepreneur they've always wanted to be. Maybe where the scars of their self-injury were, a beautiful tattoo can be seen.It is a beautiful thing to witness broken people being changed.

Maybe you were rape and molested as a child, but grace has been poured out on you. Thinking what your life could've been like hadn't it been for people who showed you what love looks like when all you've known was pain. People who put up with you; prayed with you; sat with you; people who called you beautiful.

And then life has this funny way of putting people on you path who has gone through the exact things you went through. People who are where you were at couple years back. They are hurting where only you knows cos you've been there. They are crying and you know exactly what it feels like. This is familiar to you. They don't need to show you the scars cos you know where to find it.

But what happens if you have forgotten all that? What happens when you're healed and there's no reason to look back. What happens if grace and compassion doesn't smell as sweet as it used to? What happens if you have forgotten what it smells like?
And the next time someone comes to you who's at the place of your past you tell them to get over their shit? Really? Get over your shit? Is it THAT simple? Moreover, was it THAT simple for you? Did you call it shit?

I hope that at some point you'll understand that we deal with our stuff differently, and we're okay with it. God is okay with it. In fact, He is right there saying,"hey, you're beautiful with your shit. I don't care what they say, your shit is precious, and whenever you're ready, in your time, you and I will work on a way to do away with it for good".

THAT is what grace and compassion looks like.

Broken and Healed

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For you;For me;For them;For us...

I believe we all want to be part of something. We all want to hear, at some point, that what we think and believe, and feel, matters to others. We want our voices to be heard. We want people to notice and acknowledge our effort; our hard work, or what we meant to them. We want to belong.

StayAlive is creating a  platform for us, them, they, we, everyone to have their stories told and heard. We believe that your voice SHOULD be heard. We believe that what you have on your head, and what you hold in your heart is yours and NO ONE should tell you that it carries no weight, or that it doesn't matter, because it does matter, a lot.

We want to invite anyone with a story of hope, and healing to write it in a poem, a song, a short story, a video, anything, email it to ivor-swartz@live.nl and we'll make it part of our undocumented story nights. We'll  keep it anonymous unless you want your name published.

We all have a story, ad someone out there longs to hear something that connects to theirs.....

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