Walls don’t know if they function as a fortress or a prison
Key Takeaways
We build walls around painful memories to protect ourselves.
The walls that keep pain out keep possibility out as well.
Exploring what these walls protected helps us safely assess what it now costs.
Core Statement
Walls once meant to keep us safe can determine the potential of our lives long after the danger has passed.
Why It Matters
When something painful happens, the mind does everything it can to keep us from reliving it again. It builds walls and boundaries around the memory, storing it in the recesses of our mind. Those walled off compartments both protect and confine us. The walls that keep pain out keep possibility out as well. Over time we begin to assume the wall is the edge of our world, the limits of our potential. The subtle resignation of this confined reality takes root. We cannot tear down these walls until they have been honored for the protection they once offered, only when we are safe to vulnerably ask what it now costs.
Reflection Prompt
What did your walls once protect, and what might they be keeping out today?
With love & light,
John Moos, MD
Soul Surgeon