healing never stops, we just find new ways to do it. life never 'gets easy', we learn to cope. you learn to foster and create resilience within you. maybe that's why I have always loved the lotus flower. a flower that grows so beautifully from the deepest and thickest mud at the bottom of a pond. a flower that faces many obstacles before reaching the surface and blooming to its fullest potential. it blooms in the most unusual places and can withstand thousands of years without water; it is self sufficient. but you'd never know it, because all you see is the finished product. you cannot recognize nor appreciate the strength it took to reach that point because the process is unknown by many. we're all so scared to take that initial step to heal because we don't want to admit to ourselves it's time to make change. start in the mud, rise to the surface, and enjoy the abundance of years you will have there. change starts with acceptance.