By: Gabriela Yareliz
I was reflecting the other day— sometimes we look at the past or “trauma”, and we think about everything it left us without. Everything we didn’t have or receive. Whatever we lost.
But what if we looked at everything we have and are and were grateful for what we went through. What if that makes us who we are in all the good ways and not just the bad.
Maybe the lack of nurture made us nurturing. Maybe the lack of stability made us resilient. Maybe the person who left made us make sure we were the one who stayed. Maybe the drug abuse made us the sober one. Maybe the silence made us speak. Maybe the lies made us love truth.
What if our resourcefulness, our strength, our kindness, our resilience— it all stems from the cracks we had no say in?
GABRIELA YARELIZ 