If you have not already read Part 1 and Part 2 of this article, I would invite you to do so by clicking on these links: Brain Injury, Parents, Awareness, Creativity, Freedom and Hope Part 1 and Brain Injury, Parents, Awareness, Creativity, Freedom and Hope Part 2
Freedom
As I grow in freedom, I have more peace in my life. As I experience more peace in my life, I am able to create hope. As I create hope in my life, I am able to take a different course of action. As I take a different course of action, I am able to realize that I have choices. As I realize that I have different choices, I am able to realize that I can have an active role in my life. As I am able to have an active role in my life, I am able to experience freedom. As I experience freedom, I am able to do the footwork while letting go of the outcomes.
As I experience freedom, I am able to do the footwork while letting go of the outcomes. As I let go of the outcomes I am able to recognize the pieces of the puzzle that make up my life. As I able to recognize the pieces of the puzzle that make up my life, I am able to see them as they fall into places. As I am able to see them falling into place, I understand perfect timing. As I understand perfect timing I grow in trust.
As I am able to let go of the outcomes I grow in my ability to trust. I grow in my ability to the process and a loving God. As I grow in my ability to trust the process and a loving God, I am able to learn from my circumstances, experiences and opportunities. As I learn from my circumstances, experiences, and opportunities, I grow in my creative capacity. As I grow in my creative capacity, I expand my capacity to experience my life. As I expand my capacity to experience life, I enhance my well-being. As I enhance my well-being, I am free to be myself.
I am able to learn from my circumstances, experiences and opportunities. As I learn from my circumstances, experiences, and opportunities, I grow in my capacity to create. As I grow in my capacity to create, I realize my ability to use my gifts, talents, and abilities in ways that work for me. As I realize my ability to us my gifts, talents, and abilities, I am given the gift to hope and freedom in my life.
Awareness
Acceptance helps me to realize that I can do things differently. By doing things differently, I am able to use my creative capacity to create hope and bring about freedom in my life. As parents did the best they knew how to do, given the information they had to work with parenting, so am I doing the best I can with the information I have in living my life. Living life is about learning. I can not know until I am ready and “it” just takes what it takes to grow in my ability to know. In my experience, I have found the “knowing” and “understanding” just takes time.
In my experience, knowing and understanding typically comes about because of pain. When I get sick and tired of being sick and tired I become willing. When I have enough pain, I become willing to learn from my pain and to look for solutions. I become willing to learn.
I would invite you to read Part 4 of this article series. Part 4 of this article series further explains what helped me to begin to create, find freedom and hope in my brain injury recovery process. You may read Part 4 of this article by clicking on the following link: Brain Injury, Parents, Awareness, Creativity, Freedom and Hope Part 4
You have my permission to share my articles and or video presentations with anyone you believe could benefit, however, please attribute me as being the author of the article (s) video presentation (s), and provide a link back to the article (s) on Second Chance to Live. In the event that you have questions, please send those questions to me. All questions are good questions. Thank you. I look forward to hearing from you. Copyright 2007-2016.
Leave a Reply