Feeling Broken Doesn’t Mean You Are: Wholeness Through the Wreckage

Some wounds whisper shame. Others scream it.

You’ve lived through things you never asked for.
Maybe you’ve done things you still carry with regret.
Maybe you’ve been treated like you’re unworthy of love.
And somewhere along the line, that pain started to feel like your identity.

So when someone says “healing is possible,” it doesn’t always land.
You wonder, But what if I’m the exception?

Here’s what no one told you:
Feeling broken is not the same as being broken.

Pain warps our perception.
It convinces us we’ve reached the end,
when we’re simply in the hardest part of the middle.

There’s a part of you that still dreams. That still hopes. That still shows up.
That reaching? That spark? That ache?
It’s proof you are not finished.

Your wholeness isn’t the absence of pain.
It’s the ability to hold your story with compassion—not condemnation.

Ask yourself:

• What story have I been telling myself about my brokenness?
  

• Can I begin to see my scars as survival—not shame?
  

• Can I offer to myself the tenderness I’d give someone I love?

You don’t have to be flawless to be whole.
Wholeness includes every jagged edge.
And it’s still yours to claim.

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