Many people try to find shortcuts to healing, but these shortcuts always involve some form of denial. They try to make the pain go away, instead of embracing it.
The ego always has a plan for our redemption that makes the wounded child jump through hoops and reinforces his belief that he is damaged goods and needs to be fixed. Of course, none of these plans work.
The only thing that works is love and acceptance. Through love and acceptance we build a relationship of trust with the child. And, gradually over time, he is re-parented and grows up healed and empowered.
This is a process that often takes years, not days or weeks or months.
- Paul Ferrini -
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