Even as we grow internally and move ahead in life, often we find our rhythm getting broken. We find ourselves getting stuck, feeling emotionally tired and moving ahead becomes a struggle. This usually happens when we haven’t healed our hurts of the past.

Some experiences are immensely intense. A misunderstanding with someone whom we were very close to, a crisis throwing our lifestyles out of sync, being cheated by someone we trusted, losing someone or something very dear to us or making an error of judgement that affects many close to us.

We find it in ourselves to recover and move on. But we don’t always heal ourselves. We move on and believe that with time things will sort themselves out. But our unresolved emotions catch up with us. We need to learn to heal the hurt.

Prayer has amazing healing power. When  we sincerely seek strength to let go, we discover the expansiveness in us to say – It’s over, and now it doesn’t matter. Prayer washes our hurt.

Gratitude heals. When we start giving thanks for all that’s in place and realise that in spite of our past and our challenges there’s much to be grateful for, our feeling of abundance heals us.

Compassion washes away our hurts. When we reach out to others in need, not only do we put our own hurts in perspective but we learn to tap into our infinite reservoir of love. And in the warmth of our love and compassion, our hurts get burned away as we discover a fulfillment in healing others rather than living with our hurts.

When we truly forgive those who have hurt us and find the courage to connect with those whom we’ve hurt, not only have we healed ourselves but we’ve healed the relationship.

And as we start understanding life, we develop an acceptance of people and circumstances. And we also start understanding that our hurts are holding us back from enjoying the one thing we truly have, the here and now. We learn to use our hurts as a learning. The light of knowledge dispels the darkness of hurt. Knowledge heals.

And our ego gets hurt easily. But when someone reaches out to make amends, we must find it in ourselves to rise above our hurt and be graceful. And in that grace not only have we lifted somebody else’s burden, we also healed ourselves.

Life is too short and the world too stretched to carry the burden of hurt. Not all of us can change the world, but we can heal our hurts and help Heal the world.