JOURNEY INSIDE: THE STRUGGLE, FEAR, & SHAME
BUILDING BETTER HABITS A handsome man thinking about the journey inside / Photo Courtesy / Newman Photographs Wounds Inside The journey inside is complex. It is characterized with hesitations, denials, struggles, fear, and shame . There is something inside that makes it difficult to look at. As a result, some people would rather just pretend that nothing is happening or going on. They would rather deny that which is so clear. The denial itself is not an erasure of reality. Instead, the denial of a dark heart is admission of shame. Some people are ashamed that they have a weakness. A complex reality that they don’t know what to do with. And admitting that they have a weakness sort of make their whole self-weak. And people are afraid of being perceived as weak. So some would rather just hesitate. And others would rather nurture a dark heart than admit that they need help. They make all these decisions fully knowing, something is broken within. There are a lot of wo...