Nothing Buried is ever Transformed

When I had that thought come to me (the title of this blog), the first thing that popped into my mind was how in Greece, decades ago, a body would be exhumed after 5years and the remains placed in a tin box, in a vault or room, with many others, because there wasn't enough land. At a certain point they found that was too soon as the bodies weren't decomposing as fast, so they would leave it for 10years.

And then, I travelled to Egypt, and visiting one of the tombs at the Valley of the Kings, deep down, and how well the paintings were preserved due to their depth, and the lack of oxygen. For historical relevance that was seen as beneficial. And yet, I notice as I am writing this, my interest in history is no longer what it was. 

Many of our unhealed wound/s, are also deeply buried, often unknowingly fuelling our motivations, choices and preferences. 

Recently I watched an interview Kate Langbroek did with Rosie O'Donnell, someone whose career I haven't followed closely at all.  I enjoyed her being so candid about her life - the loss of her mother just before her 11th birthday, whose funeral was held on her birthday, and the wake on her brothers. After which their father took them all to Ireland for the summer, and on their return, (their father had pre-organised for the neighbours to remove any signs of their mother from the house) it was as if she had never existed.

No conversations were had, that was it.

Then, I watched the doco on Charlie Sheen, and one of the things that jumped out at me, was kind of eerie, was how much of his choices were parallels of his dad's life. Right down to his struggles with addiction, and making similar movies to his dad. . 

The trauma injury is what happens inside, NOT, the event. 

None of us knows we are injured, wounded, until we do, and that in itself is a process of revelations that unfold in perfect timing for each of us. Our journey of recovery is unique to us, that is why there isn't ONE universal solution. As we are open and willing to face that which we have been avoiding, which has been holding us hostage, we will begin to get the clarity we have been seeking. Suddenly, we realise oh, that's why I didn't like that movie, person, place or thing. 

It's not always convenient, comfortable, or orderly, and there are no quick fixes, yet, it is the only way to true freedom. 

Everything that I have waded through, has brought me to where I am today, the joy of being me, full of life and enjoying the ongoing evolution & discoveries (things I could not have conceived from where I was) as I walk this new road.