Self-Actualization

When someone hurts us, offends us, ignores us, or even rejects us, a deep inner emotion emerges. It can result in anger or depression and gives us a desire to take revenge or even give us the impulse to harm ourselves. We can feel a deep urge to wound those who have wounded us or fall into a mood of self-rejection. And by wound, I mean more from an emotional and mental aspect. Although these extreme reactions might seem exceptional, they are never far away from our hearts. During long nights we often find ourselves reflecting about words and actions we might have used in response to what others have said or done to us.  It is precisely here that we have to dig deep into our souls and find the center within us, the center that lies beyond our need to hurt others and ourselves, where we are free to forgive and love. Our self-actualization.