Unspoken Pain
"Not one thing in your life is more important than figuring out how to live in the face of unspoken pain." For so long, I've been carrying around pieces of unspoken pain. It's a part of a past that I don't want to remember. Part of a past that I just want to run from. And part of me thinks if I don't remember, it didn't really happen, you know? So I stayed quiet. Quiet out of fear and because of threats. Quiet because the "what would he do to me" kept me in a state of panic. The truth is, the person who I once trusted with my life, is now the one person who is out to destroy everything I am. So, I stayed quiet; suffering internally. Allowing only a few people in to understand the turmoil I constantly have to face. And before I knew it, the days turned to months, and the months into years. It's amazing how fast time goes. What's also amazing is how God will continue to bring up the things you are running from-the thin