Afraid of Your Own Shadow…

Do you remember being a small child and being afraid of shadows in the dark?  You were completely tormented until you realized the shadows weren't real, and you didn't have to be afraid anymore.  You could finally one day distinguish between what was real and what was imagined.  Phew, wasn't that a relief?

Your thoughts are like those shadows too — painful events you keep reliving in your mind, images filled with fear.  You let yourself suffer through thoughts that feel real, but are no longer real.  They once were, but are no more.   

Engaging in this useless suffering is just useless.  Isn't it time that you let go of these thoughts that have taken on a life of their own?  Learn to know what's really real.  Don't be afraid of a shadow.

~NY Muse