#innerhealing — Public Fediverse posts
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A unique healing technique many overlook is simply learning to listen to your body.
#UniqueHealing #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #ListenToYourBody #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Frequencies #Heart #Meditation -
A unique healing technique many overlook is simply learning to listen to your body.
#UniqueHealing #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #ListenToYourBody #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Frequencies #Heart #Meditation -
A unique healing technique many overlook is simply learning to listen to your body.
#UniqueHealing #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #ListenToYourBody #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Frequencies #Heart #Meditation -
A unique healing technique many overlook is simply learning to listen to your body.
#UniqueHealing #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #ListenToYourBody #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Frequencies #Heart #Meditation -
A unique healing technique many overlook is simply learning to listen to your body.
#UniqueHealing #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #ListenToYourBody #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Frequencies #Heart #Meditation -
What Will End With Us? Ancestral Healing and the Courage to Break Generational Cycles
Some of the patterns we carry did not begin with us. This reflection explores ancestral healing, inherited survival responses, and the choices we can make to create a healthier emotional inheritance for future generations. -
What Will End With Us? Ancestral Healing and the Courage to Break Generational Cycles
Some of the patterns we carry did not begin with us. This reflection explores ancestral healing, inherited survival responses, and the choices we can make to create a healthier emotional inheritance for future generations. -
What Will End With Us? Ancestral Healing and the Courage to Break Generational Cycles
Some of the patterns we carry did not begin with us. This reflection explores ancestral healing, inherited survival responses, and the choices we can make to create a healthier emotional inheritance for future generations. -
What Will End With Us? Ancestral Healing and the Courage to Break Generational Cycles
Some of the patterns we carry did not begin with us. This reflection explores ancestral healing, inherited survival responses, and the choices we can make to create a healthier emotional inheritance for future generations. -
What Will End With Us? Ancestral Healing and the Courage to Break Generational Cycles
Some of the patterns we carry did not begin with us. This reflection explores ancestral healing, inherited survival responses, and the choices we can make to create a healthier emotional inheritance for future generations. -
PTSD Support: A Compassionate Space to Share and Feel Heard. When life feels heavy, confusing, or isolating, it can help to have a calm and respectful space to share and be heard. This is a gentle place for conversations and reflection, grounded in presence, lived experience, and compassion. You are welcome exactly as you are.
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#PTSD #Recovery #TraumaSupport #Compassion #FeelHeard #PeerSupport #InnerHealing #community
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Addiction is rarely just about the substance it’s often about pain, escape, numbness, and unmet needs.
https://elite.thinkandgroweducation.com.au/feed-336-25.html
#AddictionRecovery #HealingTheRoot #ChooseFreedom #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #DeepSuppressedEmotions
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Stress isn’t always coming from reality it’s often coming from the story your mind builds
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/startsqac8day/Stuartn/
#ChildhoodWounds #InnerHealing #BreakThePattern #SelfAwareness #HealingJourney #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan
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Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves
Many compassionate people become experts at caring for everyone else while quietly neglecting themselves. In this reflective essay, Nancy explores the subtle ways self-abandonment develops and why healing begins when we finally include ourselves in the compassion we so freely offer others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/
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Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves
Many compassionate people become experts at caring for everyone else while quietly neglecting themselves. In this reflective essay, Nancy explores the subtle ways self-abandonment develops and why healing begins when we finally include ourselves in the compassion we so freely offer others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/
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Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves
Many compassionate people become experts at caring for everyone else while quietly neglecting themselves. In this reflective essay, Nancy explores the subtle ways self-abandonment develops and why healing begins when we finally include ourselves in the compassion we so freely offer others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/
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Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves
Many compassionate people become experts at caring for everyone else while quietly neglecting themselves. In this reflective essay, Nancy explores the subtle ways self-abandonment develops and why healing begins when we finally include ourselves in the compassion we so freely offer others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/
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Making Room for Everyone but Ourselves
Many compassionate people become experts at caring for everyone else while quietly neglecting themselves. In this reflective essay, Nancy explores the subtle ways self-abandonment develops and why healing begins when we finally include ourselves in the compassion we so freely offer others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/30/making-room-for-everyone-but-ourselves/
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The Quiet Ache of Being Seen
Have you ever had one of those days where nothing particularly terrible happened, yet somehow everything felt heavier than it should? Sometimes our emotions are gently pointing us toward something much deeper. This reflection explores the quiet human longing to feel truly seen and the healing that begins when we slow down long enough to listen.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/21/the-quiet-ache-of-being-seen/
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Broken Chair
I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.
But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.
Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.
It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.
Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.
It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.
I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.
I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.
July 10, 2015
#beautyInBrokenThings #beingRestored #Brokenness #compassion #everydayParables #FaithAndLife #foundObjects #gentleHands #Grace #Healing #Hope #humanDignity #innerHealing #Loneliness #metaphor #ordinaryGrace #personalEssay #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Purpose #Redemption #renewal #repair #rescuedChair #restoration #secondChances #sidewalkStory #SpiritualReflection #urbanReflection #Waiting #WordPressTagsBrokenChair #woundedButWorthy #Writing -
Broken Chair
I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.
But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.
Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.
It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.
Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.
It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.
I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.
I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.
July 10, 2015
#beautyInBrokenThings #beingRestored #Brokenness #compassion #everydayParables #FaithAndLife #foundObjects #gentleHands #Grace #Healing #Hope #humanDignity #innerHealing #Loneliness #metaphor #ordinaryGrace #personalEssay #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Purpose #Redemption #renewal #repair #rescuedChair #restoration #secondChances #sidewalkStory #SpiritualReflection #urbanReflection #Waiting #WordPressTagsBrokenChair #woundedButWorthy #Writing -
Broken Chair
I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.
But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.
Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.
It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.
Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.
It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.
I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.
I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.
July 10, 2015
#beautyInBrokenThings #beingRestored #Brokenness #compassion #everydayParables #FaithAndLife #foundObjects #gentleHands #Grace #Healing #Hope #humanDignity #innerHealing #Loneliness #metaphor #ordinaryGrace #personalEssay #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Purpose #Redemption #renewal #repair #rescuedChair #restoration #secondChances #sidewalkStory #SpiritualReflection #urbanReflection #Waiting #WordPressTagsBrokenChair #woundedButWorthy #Writing -
Broken Chair
I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.
But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.
Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.
It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.
Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.
It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.
I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.
I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.
July 10, 2015
#beautyInBrokenThings #beingRestored #Brokenness #compassion #everydayParables #FaithAndLife #foundObjects #gentleHands #Grace #Healing #Hope #humanDignity #innerHealing #Loneliness #metaphor #ordinaryGrace #personalEssay #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Purpose #Redemption #renewal #repair #rescuedChair #restoration #secondChances #sidewalkStory #SpiritualReflection #urbanReflection #Waiting #WordPressTagsBrokenChair #woundedButWorthy #Writing -
Broken Chair
I rescued the chair from outside someone’s apartment with the hope of fixing it and having it become a welcome member of our family.
But, as often happens, it sat around in various places waiting for me to find the time to repair it.
Finally, I decided it was one more project I did not have time for, and so yesterday I put it out on the sidewalk in the hopes that someone would take it home.
It sat out there all through yesterday in the rain and the sun, lonely, awaiting a new friend. A few people paused to look but then drove away. Periodically I would look out my window to see it still sitting forlornly there.
Then this morning I noticed an older gentleman walking past who began to inspect the chair. He picked it up, put it on his back and walked away.
It is a beautiful chair. It just needs to be repaired, and I am sure its new owner will do just that.
I don’t know about you, but I feel a lot like that broken chair, waiting for the gentle hands of someone to put me back together again.
I wait, broken, with the hope that those hands will touch me, I will be healed, and I can have a purpose again.
July 10, 2015
#beautyInBrokenThings #beingRestored #Brokenness #compassion #everydayParables #FaithAndLife #foundObjects #gentleHands #Grace #Healing #Hope #humanDignity #innerHealing #Loneliness #metaphor #ordinaryGrace #personalEssay #POETICAORAREContemplativePoetryPrayers #Purpose #Redemption #renewal #repair #rescuedChair #restoration #secondChances #sidewalkStory #SpiritualReflection #urbanReflection #Waiting #WordPressTagsBrokenChair #woundedButWorthy #Writing -
Your thoughts aren’t always telling the truth they’re often repeating fear, old wounds, and worst-case stories.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#ThoughtAwareness #MindsetShift #ChallengeYourThoughts #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Vision -
Your thoughts aren’t always telling the truth they’re often repeating fear, old wounds, and worst-case stories.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#ThoughtAwareness #MindsetShift #ChallengeYourThoughts #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Vision -
Your thoughts aren’t always telling the truth they’re often repeating fear, old wounds, and worst-case stories.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#ThoughtAwareness #MindsetShift #ChallengeYourThoughts #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Vision -
Your thoughts aren’t always telling the truth they’re often repeating fear, old wounds, and worst-case stories.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#ThoughtAwareness #MindsetShift #ChallengeYourThoughts #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Vision -
Your thoughts aren’t always telling the truth they’re often repeating fear, old wounds, and worst-case stories.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#ThoughtAwareness #MindsetShift #ChallengeYourThoughts #InnerHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Vision -
A quick exercise to free yourself from your parents’ shadow
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/THIRDEYE852FREE/Stuartn/
#BreakTheCycle #InnerHealing #OwnYourLife #SelfDiscovery #BeYourself #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Workshop #Meditation -
A quick exercise to free yourself from your parents’ shadow
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/THIRDEYE852FREE/Stuartn/
#BreakTheCycle #InnerHealing #OwnYourLife #SelfDiscovery #BeYourself #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Workshop #Meditation -
A quick exercise to free yourself from your parents’ shadow
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/THIRDEYE852FREE/Stuartn/
#BreakTheCycle #InnerHealing #OwnYourLife #SelfDiscovery #BeYourself #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Workshop #Meditation -
A quick exercise to free yourself from your parents’ shadow
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/THIRDEYE852FREE/Stuartn/
#BreakTheCycle #InnerHealing #OwnYourLife #SelfDiscovery #BeYourself #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Workshop #Meditation -
A quick exercise to free yourself from your parents’ shadow
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/THIRDEYE852FREE/Stuartn/
#BreakTheCycle #InnerHealing #OwnYourLife #SelfDiscovery #BeYourself #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Workshop #Meditation -
Your mind can trigger illness when stress, fear, and unresolved emotions
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
#MindBodyConnection #StressAndHealth #HealingAwareness #NervousSystemHealing #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Genes #Mind -
Your mind can trigger illness when stress, fear, and unresolved emotions
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
#MindBodyConnection #StressAndHealth #HealingAwareness #NervousSystemHealing #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Genes #Mind -
Your mind can trigger illness when stress, fear, and unresolved emotions
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
#MindBodyConnection #StressAndHealth #HealingAwareness #NervousSystemHealing #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Genes #Mind -
Your mind can trigger illness when stress, fear, and unresolved emotions
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
#MindBodyConnection #StressAndHealth #HealingAwareness #NervousSystemHealing #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Genes #Mind -
Your mind can trigger illness when stress, fear, and unresolved emotions
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/UNTHINKABLE/Stuartn/
#MindBodyConnection #StressAndHealth #HealingAwareness #NervousSystemHealing #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Genes #Mind -
Negative thoughts don’t disappear by force they lose power when you stop feeding them.
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#MindsetShift #NegativeThoughts #RewireYourMind #SelfTalkMatters #InnerHealing #MentalStrength #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #RewiringofBrain -
Negative thoughts don’t disappear by force they lose power when you stop feeding them.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#MindsetShift #NegativeThoughts #RewireYourMind #SelfTalkMatters #InnerHealing #MentalStrength #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #RewiringofBrain -
Negative thoughts don’t disappear by force they lose power when you stop feeding them.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#MindsetShift #NegativeThoughts #RewireYourMind #SelfTalkMatters #InnerHealing #MentalStrength #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #RewiringofBrain -
Negative thoughts don’t disappear by force they lose power when you stop feeding them.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#MindsetShift #NegativeThoughts #RewireYourMind #SelfTalkMatters #InnerHealing #MentalStrength #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #RewiringofBrain -
Negative thoughts don’t disappear by force they lose power when you stop feeding them.
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/LUYDFREE/Stuartn/
#MindsetShift #NegativeThoughts #RewireYourMind #SelfTalkMatters #InnerHealing #MentalStrength #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #RewiringofBrain -
Would you like to heal your body and mind?
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/mmwrego-bp/Stuartn/
#HealBodyAndMind #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #NervousSystemHealing #ChooseHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Workshop -
Would you like to heal your body and mind?
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/mmwrego-bp/Stuartn/
#HealBodyAndMind #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #NervousSystemHealing #ChooseHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Workshop -
Would you like to heal your body and mind?
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/mmwrego-bp/Stuartn/
#HealBodyAndMind #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #NervousSystemHealing #ChooseHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Workshop -
Would you like to heal your body and mind?
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/mmwrego-bp/Stuartn/
#HealBodyAndMind #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #NervousSystemHealing #ChooseHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Workshop -
Would you like to heal your body and mind?
https://de320.isrefer.com/go/mmwrego-bp/Stuartn/
#HealBodyAndMind #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #HolisticWellness #NervousSystemHealing #ChooseHealing #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation #Workshop -
Embracing Vulnerability: Healing Together
The message emphasizes the importance of support for those who often act as caregivers. It explores themes of grief, the struggle of appearing strong, and the need for connection. The writer encourages acknowledging feelings, seeking comfort, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable, highlighting that healing involves sharing life's burdens with others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/06/embracing-vulnerability-healing-together/
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Embracing Vulnerability: Healing Together
The message emphasizes the importance of support for those who often act as caregivers. It explores themes of grief, the struggle of appearing strong, and the need for connection. The writer encourages acknowledging feelings, seeking comfort, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable, highlighting that healing involves sharing life's burdens with others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/06/embracing-vulnerability-healing-together/
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Embracing Vulnerability: Healing Together
The message emphasizes the importance of support for those who often act as caregivers. It explores themes of grief, the struggle of appearing strong, and the need for connection. The writer encourages acknowledging feelings, seeking comfort, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable, highlighting that healing involves sharing life's burdens with others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/06/embracing-vulnerability-healing-together/
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Embracing Vulnerability: Healing Together
The message emphasizes the importance of support for those who often act as caregivers. It explores themes of grief, the struggle of appearing strong, and the need for connection. The writer encourages acknowledging feelings, seeking comfort, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable, highlighting that healing involves sharing life's burdens with others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/06/embracing-vulnerability-healing-together/
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Embracing Vulnerability: Healing Together
The message emphasizes the importance of support for those who often act as caregivers. It explores themes of grief, the struggle of appearing strong, and the need for connection. The writer encourages acknowledging feelings, seeking comfort, and allowing oneself to be vulnerable, highlighting that healing involves sharing life's burdens with others.https://angelblessings11.com/2026/07/06/embracing-vulnerability-healing-together/
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Meditation may not “cure” every condition,
#MeditationHeals #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #NervousSystemReset #SelfHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
Meditation may not “cure” every condition,
#MeditationHeals #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #NervousSystemReset #SelfHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
Meditation may not “cure” every condition,
#MeditationHeals #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #NervousSystemReset #SelfHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
Meditation may not “cure” every condition,
#MeditationHeals #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #NervousSystemReset #SelfHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
Meditation may not “cure” every condition,
#MeditationHeals #MindBodyConnection #InnerHealing #NervousSystemReset #SelfHealing #HolisticWellness #ThinkandGrowEducation #RayBehan #Meditation -
The Gospel According to Checkers the Hedgehog
Sonic the Hedgehog recently turned 35, who was my childhood hero. I played all the games I could get my hands on, bought all the Sonic comics I could find, watched all the TV shows I could access, and even wrote some fan fiction for a Sonic webpage (thank God that page no longer exists).
I was never good at drawing, but I got tracing paper and traced him like crazy. I traced the comics and even paused the Sonic anime movie I found in the discount bin at Toys R’ Us to trace him right off the TV screen. I also tried to mimic the way he ran when I played soccer, which felt super cool but looked super dumb.
Fun fact: while my wife fought hard to name our son Beckett, the idea of giving him the middle name Miles came from me. I based this choice on Sonic’s sidekick, Miles ‘Tails’ Prower.
Though I couldn’t draw worth crap, that never stopped me from making comics. Whenever I got bored in school, I’d sketch out another issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja Gerbilz, Wally the Turtle, HouseMan, or my favorite series, Checkers the Hedgehog. He looked exactly like Sonic, except he was green and wore a black-and-white checkered cape, which happened to be my childhood blanket. The series was basically a parallel universe of the Sonic world; he had all the same friends, but they had different names and colors. The only additional characters were a funky-looking bird and a badly drawn giraffe.
This all sounds silly, because it generally is. I like to joke with my friends about these parts of my childhood, but I still hold them close in my memories. While I may not be a hardcore fan of Sonic anymore, there’s a part of him and of Checkers that lives on in me—adventure, heroics, leadership, teamwork, attitude, speed, and standing strong in the midst of dire stakes.
A few years ago, I was leading someone through inner healing when something strange happened. An image came to their mind of me wearing a black-and-white checkered hat with a pet porcupine, and being handed a green gem. Startled by the themes they had just tied together, I showed them a picture of a porcupine and a hedgehog and asked which one they saw. They said it was the hedgehog. I then pulled up a picture of the classic green Chaos Emerald from the Sonic games. They knew nothing about Sonic the Hedgehog, but said that was what they saw in their mind.
The dire stakes had never been higher than they were in that season of my life. And it was there that the same Jesus who tells us to become like little children, spoke to the child inside of me. All of the good things that Checkers the Hedgehog meant to me were living on in me. God cared about the pieces of me that I would have never assumed he cared about. He took note of my childhood passions and interests like a good Father would. And then he turned it into a much-needed word of encouragement at that time.
What parts of your childhood might our Father want to bring to your mind?
AI Renditions of Checkers the Hedgehog
#CheckersTheHedgehog #childhood #ChristianSpirituality #creativity #encouragement #faith #fatherhood #gaming #HolySpirit #imagination #innerHealing #Jesus #nostalgia #Sonic #SonicTheHedgehog #spiritualFormation #storytelling #videoGames