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Changing my reflection.

Today is simply one of those days that pulls from the past, a moment in time of who I used to be. I often wonder if enough time will ever pass in which I feel completely and totally safe from the effects of the actions I displayed throughout my active addiction.

I know that the things I may have done while I was active are in no way shape or form a reflection of who I am today, but yet I am realistic enough to understand that things I have done…

I will always be judged by.

A piece of my past that has the capacity to allow someone to form an opinion of me based upon who I have been and not who I now am….it sucks.

But it’s mine, I can’t change what I did.
I can never erased the event.
I can never say I didn’t do it.

Because I did…and it’s mine.
But I changed….I know I have.

The way that I live on a daily basis is living proof of the power of change that is available for those who make a conscious decision to be more then the limits of who they have been. Whatever I have done, whatever I continue to do, will always have the capacity to be diminished by the actions of my active addiction.

So what can I do, how do I accept this and continue to move forward?

Step by step…fully and honestly.

I did what I did.
It harmed others.
It harmed me.

And it changed the course of my life onto this path of self-discovery I now travel. It has allowed me to not judge others so harshly for the wrongs they may commit, because I know that I do not wish to be condemned by my past, although at times I will

It keeps me on my toes and allows me to never forget the power I have within me to be a destructive force and also allows me the opportunity to choose to be more then the limits that some may wish to keep me in.

Because I know of the capacity to change the reflection of my past.

I often wonder if the day will ever come in which the reflection of who I used to be, will no longer have the power to taint my present day with the actions of my past. Will that freedom ever be something I will have or will this always be a part of my past that will always re-appear?

I want to believe that in this life I will one day have the opportunity to re-define this aspect of my life, like I have done with so many other areas; but am unsure how this can or will ever occur. I know that my willingness to be more that a low-down junkie has allowed me to discover the truth that I am more then that simple label….

And more then words could ever have the capacity to define fully.

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2 Comments so far (Add 1 more)

  1. I really like the way you talk about choice and change. The process of it has a depth to it when you describe it that goes far beyond the usual notes of blame and judgment. There’s a freedom to it all of a sudden and that has a pretty deep impact on me, for one.

    Thanks Catatonic…I find your own writing to be filled with much of the same…you also have an inner depth of understanding the dynamics of life that others do not have to capacity to grasp so eloquently…thanks for your support!

    1. Catatonic Kid on August 9th, 2008 at 9:21 am
  2. sometimes it seems to me that you should just embrace your past. Not feel a shame or sorry or pity about it… Treat it like parents treat their children… when they are small, then can make mistakes, it is quite normal to make mistakes when you are small, but you are not loved less because of making mistakes… you should love yourself, as you are everything that stays with you for your entire life:)
    I am not sure it is exactly what you wanted your reader to understand… may be it’s just a reflection of your thoughts in me… anyway, thank you!

    Thank you so much for comment Polina, very insightful and a very good way of looking at it all. I often get caught up in the emotional tide of the past and lean more towards the negative aspect instead of the loving aspect…..it’s a process thank you for sparking some new direction of thought!

    2. Polina on August 3rd, 2008 at 8:35 am

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