Beautiful Energy - Illuminate

The last piece of the puzzle slotted in.
There. I had done it.
And then it began.
They came back glowing, relieved, excited—
The parts I had given away,
The ones that had been taken,
The ones I had shamed,
And the ones that dared to laugh.
They all came back.
I finally saw how they had tried,
How they had loved me this whole time.
Even when I didn’t think they were loving me,
They were just doing their best.
And that was the missing piece.

Having compassion for all the parts that exist within us unburdens them from their role of being on alert and protecting us. It is illuminating to see how the parts we are ashamed of, or the ones that make us act in less-than-ideal ways, are simply frozen, trapped in a moment of pain. They live in fear that we will experience this suffering again and therefore act in ways to prevent us from experiencing it. But when we can view these parts of ourselves with compassion, acceptance, and understanding, they feel safe, and we gain the information needed to know what they need to feel unburdened. These parts then return to us in a way that is illuminating, for they are no longer acting in fear but in love and compassion. This illumination is freeing, stilling, and energising at the same time. When we see within ourselves how these parts have protected us, we also extend compassion to the parts of others that need more love.