I think about my life… how I allowed myself to feel hurt. Yet, if I had not opened up and experienced it, I would be lost in the trifles of life. I wouldn´t have lived, I wouldn´t have learned.

That’s why today, when I look out of the corner of my eye at everything that has transpired, I look at that man or woman who “hurt” me, with an open heart and I see the boy or girl they were… who also suffered… and my heart softens.

I finally recognize that for some reason destiny allowed me to live those moments of pain that today define who I am. I can be grateful for what happened, see it from the outside and as I do, from the innermost depths of my heart… I can finally let go…

I no longer need an armor or shields because what I am beginning to BE is so powerful and my love so great that it prevents those poisoned darts from reaching me. My love melts them, transforms them, expels them. It’s not worth being stuck in resentments, bitterness and pain that only reflect in my body, shortcomings, illnesses and fears.

I grew tired of storing the heavy burdens of my history and that of my family’s lineage. Don’t get me wrong, I love my family. They did the best they could with what they had at their disposal. However, all those stories, those teachings, those tears, those legacies of fear, kept me imprisoned in chains of pain bigger than me.

Today I do not allow those stories to perpetuate. Today, I cut and release all those heavy chains that I have stowed away for millennia. Today I decide.

Today, I do it differently: from my strength, from my power, from my wholeness, from my light, full of that love that comes from the deepest part of my being, sustains my heart and allows me to be free. Today, I focus intently and walk towards that which fills my being, allows me to smile and be happy.