Thoughtful Thursday Prompt #17 - My Connection with my Inner Child [ENG/ESP]
The Inner Child is part of us, it is part of our self-knowledge, part of our self-esteem, it is such an important part that it has a great weight even if we are adults.
Depending on whether each one should heal their inner child or not, there are many ways to keep it alive, to bring it out and to take care of it, so that it remains part of us in a unique and healthy way.
Today I want to share a letter I wrote to my inner child several months ago and I am going to write it here.
Dear child:
Yesterday I saw your picture on the side of my bed. You were not smiling, you just had a neutral expression.
I could see your hidden sadness... your childhood was not perfect, none of them is, but since then you learned to pretend that happiness that people in the street marked that characterized you.
Playing with your favorite toys was not enough.
Dancing in the rain or locked in a room was not enough.
Not knowing how to express your pain and, as a result, wanting to be noticed, was not enough.
As you grew up, you wrote down all your fears in fantasies, put them down on a sheet of paper and continued your story daily.
You began to find in reading and writing, your peace and escape from reality.
Although one day you simply let it go, nothing filled you anymore.
Not even the most danceable music made you dance.
Not even the best book could trap you in its lyrics.
All the damage you received in your reality, by those you least expected... all the pain you were blamed for being weak and having your innocence so marked, opened you more and more to the outside of yourself.
You were still there for everyone, it was always everyone, but what about you?
You threw all your dreams aside for putting other people above you and for the famous “what will they say?”
What did you get out of it?
They're not here today, sweetheart.
There are no more tears to shed on the sly.
Healing costs, but it's no longer the same.
Today you can pick up those books and take up a new reading, you can write about so many things, that tears no longer flow, you can dance alone anywhere and feel peace.
Today we can be free.
Today is no longer yesterday.
I promised I would fulfill your dreams that, even if it took me time, I would not give up.
My child, we have already started. It's time to be yourself.
Writing this letter helped me to start a better connection with myself, with that little girl who was shut down.
Because of this I was able to accept and understand where she was, how and why she was reacting and acting, I was able to recognize what she was feeling. This letter was part of a release for her and for me.
No one but myself could make that child feel good and calm, I had to take care of her and make her understand that she no longer needed to cry, that she was worth a lot.
To this day I can say that I feel and I am connected with my inner child. That I am doing everything she always loved to do and that this time I am not doing it as an escape, but as something we always loved and longed for our life.
I still often write to my inner child to let her know that I am here, that everything is okay, but most of all, that she is okay.
Doing the things that our inner child always loved to do, pampering it, loving it above all, taking care of it... these are some of the fundamental things we must do so that we are connected and that connection improves our being.
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Cover Photo: From my cell phone Samsung A10s.
Text Divider: Canva & PixelCut.
Translation: On my Own.
Verified Translation: DeepL Translate.
El Niño Interior es parte de nosotros, es parte de nuestro autoconocimiento, parte de nuestra autoestima, es una parte tan importante que tiene un peso muy grande aún si ya somos adultos.
Dependiendo de si cada uno debe sanar a su niño interior o no, son muchas las maneras de mantenerlo vivo, de sacarlo y de cuidarlo, de que siga siendo parte de nosotros de una manera única y saludable.
Hoy quiero compartir una carta que le escribí a mi niña interior hace varios meses y voy a redactarla aquí.
Querida niña:
Ayer vi tu foto a un lado de mi cama. No sonreías, solo tenías una expresión neutral.
Pude ver tu tristeza oculta… tu infancia no fue perfecta, ninguna lo es, pero ya desde ese entonces aprendiste a fingir esa felicidad que en la calle la gente marcaba que te caracterizaba.
Jugar con tus juguetes favoritos, no era suficiente.
Bailar bajo la lluvia o encerrada en una habitación, no era suficiente.
No saber cómo expresar el dolor y a raíz de eso, querer llamar la atención, no era suficiente.
Fuiste plasmando a medida que crecías, todos tus temores en fantasías, los expusiste en una hoja y diariamente continuaste tu relato.
Empezaste a encontrar en la lectura y la escritura, tu paz y escapatoria de la realidad.
Aunque un día simplemente lo dejaste ir, ya nada te llenaba.
Ni la música más bailable te hacía bailar.
Ni el mejor libro te atrapaba entre sus letras.
Todo el daño que recibiste en tu realidad, por quienes menos esperabas… todo ese dolor que te culparon a ti por ser débil y tener la inocencia tan marcada a flor de piel, te abrieron cada vez más hacia afuera de ti misma.
Aún así estabas para todos, siempre fueron todos, pero ¿y tú?
Tiraste todos tus sueños a un lado por poner a otras personas por encima de ti y por el famoso “¿qué dirán?”
¿Qué conseguiste con eso?
Hoy ya no están, cariño.
Ya no hay lágrimas que derramar a escondidas.
Sanar cuesta, pero ya no es igual.
Hoy puedes recoger esos libros y retomar una lectura nueva, puedes escribir sobre muchas cosas, que las lágrimas ya no brotan, puedes bailar sola en cualquier lugar y sentir paz.
Hoy podemos ser libres.
Hoy ya no es ayer.
Prometí que cumpliría tus sueños que, aunque me llevara tiempo, no me rendiría.
Mi niña, ya hemos empezado. Es hora de ser tú misma.
Escribir esta carta me ayudó a empezar una mejor conexión conmigo misma, con esa niña que estaba apagada.
A raíz de esto pude aceptar y entender el lugar donde ella se encontraba, la manera y la razón por la cual ella reaccionaba y actuaba, yo podía reconocer lo que ella sentía. Esta carta fue parte de una liberación para ella y para mí.
Nadie más que yo misma podía hacer que esa niña se sintiera bien y tranquila, yo tenía que cuidarla y hacerle entender que ya no necesitaba llorar, que ella valía mucho.
Al día de hoy puedo decir que me siento y estoy conectada con mi niña interior. Que estoy haciendo todo lo que ella siempre amó hacer y que esta vez no lo hago como una escapatoria, sino como algo que siempre amamos y anhelamos para nuestra vida.
Todavía suelo escribirle a mi niña interior para darle a entender que estoy aquí, que todo está bien, pero por sobre todo, que ella está bien.
Hacer las cosas que nuestro niño interior siempre amó hacer, mimarlo, amarlo por sobre todo, cuidarlo… son algunas de las cosas fundamentales que debemos hacer para que estemos conectados y esa conexión mejore nuestro ser.
Portada & Banner: Canva.
Foto de la Portada: Desde mi celular Samsung A10s.
Separador: Canva & PixelCut.
Traducción: Por mi cuenta.
Traducción Verificada: DeepL Translate.
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Me encantó... Tanto la carta como el mensaje que dejas al final, mi amor. Tienes razón, todos debemos de darle prioridad y cuidar a nuestros niño interior. Tú me has enseñado la importancia de esto en la vía diaria, eres el mayor ejemplo que tengo de cómo hacerlo. Excelente post y hermosa carta, mi amor.
Me alegro que te haya encantado y me alegra mucho saber que de alguna manera te ayudo en tu proceso de autoconocimiento. ♥️
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Thank you for bringing us in this reflective week, your experience of healing and recovery of your inner child from love and gratitude, caressing her with much kindness. It was a necessary therapy to flow and venture into existence, to build happiness and well-being. We honor and thank you for the opportunity you give us to unveil fragments of your life, and to be examples for others who may have trapped their inner child for different circumstances.
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