One single moment

Sometimes in life we come to a crossroad, a choice. This was mine.

I laid there one evening and my mind started to wander back, I never truly gave myself time to mourn the family and friends I lost. I have been running for such a long time, never standing in the moment to just embrace. To just feel, to remember and mourn the loss of my innocence or to give myself the time to process all that happened so I did. I cried, I let it all out. Every time I felt unsafe, violated, fear, anger, sadness. I just let the emotions run through me, the memories. I took time, to forgive every single person who have ever hurt me, my uncle always said that forgiveness isn’t for the person who hurt you. It's for yourself, because unforgiveness is like a cancer it feeds on you and drains you. The other person will continue on with their lives, it’s yours that doesn’t continue who comes to a complete stop. So I let my world stand still for a moment and found forgiveness that wasn’t the hard part. The hard