Hope Grove Safe Pathways

One truck holds all of my belongings but nothing of true belonging. It holds my valuables but nothing of true value. To belong is one of life’s greatest comforts. To be valued is what we often seek in relationships. We are born and raised being told we belong to our caregivers and that our value is contingent on our production, on what we do. To stay quiet and just do as we are told.

Then, one day we grow up to go look for the next person to belong to…when all along we belonged to ourselves and what we sought was connection rather than belonging. We were born valuable and only degraded our value trying to live up to the world’s expectations. We sought legitimacy and worthiness when it was inside all along. We are born worthy. We lower our expectations of others to maintain those connections of emptiness. We are connected internally and only need to slow down to feel it. Welcome to my healing journey…