Hi Carol, and thankyou for your comments. As the saying goes, “Time is a great healer.” Yet time alone cannot heal us; we have to find a way to triumph over the fury within, as well as the bewilderment, shame, and many other burdens symptomatic of emotional abuse. (I neglect to include other forms of abuse simply because at the core they’re all emotional.)

My faith is that love will always find a way, so long as one can find it within themselves to cultivate a love both for themselves and others. This is of course far easier said than done. And, difficult as it is, we must learn to forgive. Only then can the soul become more receptive and open to the love that is its birthright.