Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Coming Back From Destruction: Regrowth

I saw this picture a long time ago (several years, at least) on Tumblr. It spoke to me on such a deep level, my relationship with this quote going further than just a quote about my body.

I grew up under the teaching that my body is a temple and should be treated like one. But temples do not rebuild themselves. Temples are not living, breathing entities. Temples can be beautiful and sacred, but it cannot save itself from destruction. Temples are built by others and are torn down by others and rebuilt by others.

I am not a temple because others do not rebuild me. I rebuild myself. With the support of others, of course, but it isn't them that does the saving. I save myself.

Between my disorder, several toxic relationships, and my struggle with self love, it is very important to me that I take responsibility for my happiness, my sanity, and my sense of peace.

Whatever happens, I will come back. I cannot be so utterly ruined or desecrated that I cannot regrow. When I began to see the damage that my last relationship did to me and how it was affecting my new one, I thought I was ruined. He did not ruin me, though. I am not ruined, but healing. I am simply regrowing.

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