Healing may not be so much about getting better, as of letting go of anything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you truly are. – Rachel Naomi Remen

There is a lot of talk about healing – healing your soul, healing your heart, healing your inner child.  What the heck does all of it mean? I really like the way this quote lays it all out.

Maybe we heal ourselves when we let go of all the expectations that the world has laid out for us.  We get so busy trying to be what everybody else wants and needs that we don’t ever get the chance to be who we are supposed to be.

It’s only that when we let go of all the “stuff” or expectations that everyone has laid out for us and we truly get to live our own lives can we truly heal. Think about it for a second, when do you feel truly at your best? I’m betting it’s when you’re being completely and totally true to yourself. When you get to be the you that you want to be, that’s when the healing begins.