Looking back and longing for the freedom of my chains and lying in your loving arms again.
Why that line, from one of my once favorite songs, came to mind just now I don't know. And the OMG is I'm not sure I remember the name of the song...it may be "If They Could See Me Now."
The words that went straight to my heart are "longing for the freedom of my chains." The first time I really heard them, I knew that was where I was living at the time...looking back and longing for the freedom of the chains of my compulsive-addictive-ego-self. I didn't know it then, but that's the place where my rues, regrets and remorses are born, live and, if not transmuted, only grow more vindictive.
Here's the good news: We can let ourselves be gifted with a new past! We do our part, as in we clean up the wreckage of our past, make our amends, atone, forgive...then repeat each of those daily...and by our actions, the God of our own understanding flows forth.
There. That's where, what, why and how our rues, regrets and remorses are transmuted, are revealed as our gold. There's our gift of a new past.
Without that as our goal, we have become a loving person whose joy is in others. In the peace, love and joy of others. Which showers peace, love and joy on us.
God is so good to us...for only God could make such a transition.
Thank you.
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