Sometimes we all have to leave the little kid behind and move forward in life. Becoming an adult, not only physically, but mentally and emotionally, is difficult.
Breaking up is hard to do, breaking up with the past, breaking up with a false person or belief system, but it is important that we do break up with the past when it no longer serves us and to break up with that kid inside of us that is holding us back and keeping us stuck in the past.
Whenever we feel triggered by life's events, it means there is something our inner child did not get satisfied; some need that was never fulfilled by our parents or caregivers when we were growing into adulthood. If, for example, you hear some conversation about a politician and you feel the need to jump in and be a "White Knight" for that politician who is a total stranger to you, it could mean that you were ignored by your parents as a child. It means that when you spoke up and screamed and yelled for attention or that a need was not being met, you were told to sit down and be quiet. Another example is that if you have left the Jehovah's Witnesses (JWs) belief system, or some other religious dogmatic belief system and still feel angry when someone brings it up, then you need to do some inner work. You need to ask yourself a few questions, such as, okay, why does this upset me when someone talks about religion? As an adult, you realize that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs and everyone is on a different level in their own personal life path. You can say "I hear what you're saying," which does not mean you agree or disagree with their statements whether they are positive or negative against the JWs or some other belief system. Hit that neutral button to get a grasp on the reality of the situation and then you can calmly share your own beliefs at your current level of your own personal life path.
It is time to become an adult in our lives, something the JWs never want to happen. They want to keep you as children and instruct their adult membership to listen, obey, and be blessed, but by what? The JW leadership can give you nothing and can't take anything from you either. Yes, there are the JW Body of Elders that enforce the strict rules and policies, yet have no authority over what is already found in the Scriptures. Move past that inner child now, say good-bye and begin a life path as an adult with newfound confidence. If you are in therapy due to past childhood trauma, that is your choice to stay there. Your therapist needs to work with you on how to move past dependency on them. If you can rectify the past, do so, as in appropriate legal or civil actions and then, move on. Don't stay stuck in that vortex or you will never grow to be the incredible person you were born to be.
Just because you leave behind the JWs or some other religious belief system, does not mean you must leave God behind, or find a greater, more encompassing Higher Being that only wants what is best for you. You can be humble and realize some great being(s) created the heavens and earth where we live. You can believe you are God, knowing good and bad when a definition doesn't exist. It's relative to your own belief system, your culture, and your environment.
I invite you to take advantage of some of the creative journal exercises at the Etsy store link provided on this blog sidebar. I will be creating more journal inspirations for PDF download in the near future. They are designed to help you decipher your own thoughts and actions to level up in your personal life path and not be dependent on the mood swings of any society or from religious leaders that are feeding off your fears about the future and beyond.
Start thinking about what needs to be broken off in your life and cut off forever so new branches can grow and flourish into new opportunities.
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