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Healing Old Wounds: How Self Love Works

by Leah Marjorie Cox

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In the midst of our pain, if we listen carefully, we can find the sweet and tender child within, calling out for the love she always longed for. This is a story about befriending and tending to that innocent child and how in so doing we can find healing and set free the people in our lives who didn't know how to offer us love in the way we most needed or wanted it at the time. I hope this story support you!

Self LoveInner ChildEmotional HealingUnconditional LoveSelf CompassionForgivenessPersonal GrowthInner Child Healing

Transcript

This is a story about healing old wounds.

How self-love works.

I hope it supports you.

One day,

Under the rubble of my anger and tears,

I found,

Sitting right there in the hot heart of my adult body,

A small,

Sweet,

Innocent child.

She was crying out in such pain,

Love me,

Please love me,

I only want to be loved.

As this little poppet of a child revealed herself to me,

And as I heard her cries,

I understood,

Clear and true as the cloudless night sky,

That it was I,

And only I,

Who could gather this angel up and give her what she longed for.

Now that I finally saw her,

And heard her desperate plea,

I instinctively rushed forward to meet her and pulled her quickly but gently toward me,

Warming her cold,

Delicate hands by the fire of my love.

I stroked her little cheek and comforted her in every way I knew how,

All the while telling her that she was loved,

She was loved without condition,

And would never again be banished from my arms.

The child was immediately trusting of the love and words I offered.

I saw she had been waiting such a very long time.

Exhausted from her waiting and ecstatic to have finally had her cries answered,

I felt her relax and breathe heavy in my arms,

Finally drifting into a peaceful sleep,

A small,

Contented smile across her face.

As the little one slept,

I awoke,

And knew right away that a wound,

Made long ago,

And which had remained open and bloody until now,

Had this day healed over.

The child and I would remain close now,

I knew.

Our friendship would grow by the day,

And in the tender,

Unconditional love I vowed to always offer her,

We would set free all the other characters in our life,

Whom we had so often asked for the love we now saw we could only offer ourselves.

And as we set those others free,

So too would we free ourselves,

And we would inhabit our lives in a new and brighter way.

We would take up our true place in the world,

And the love we had discovered within would flow out to other hearts,

And those hearts,

In turn,

Would discover the joy of their own love,

And by and by all would be healed,

And all would be well.

Meet your Teacher

Leah Marjorie CoxCumbria, UK

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Recent Reviews

Mariela

November 11, 2025

Thank you, that was short but richly healing ❤️‍🩹 and just what I needed.

Neneh

December 4, 2024

Love me love me I just want to be loved the little inner child girl cried out. She finally fell asleep when she was seen. Thank you for that simple, yet so healing words.

Lisa

October 3, 2024

This brought tears to my eyes. Thank you, and bless you 🙏❤️

Suze

August 3, 2024

I’ve been struggling with HOW to show myself love. My mind and body are so disconnected right now and affirmations and mirror work haven’t resonated. But thinking of my inner child as someone I can tangibly comfort finally clicked! I can see now I’ve been talking at myself not to myself. I can visualize re-raising my inner child the way she deserved. Thank you!

joe

October 9, 2023

thank you for sharing this with us, Namaste, my friend have a beautiful day

Debb

August 16, 2023

Thank you for this tender beautiful story. It is exactly what I needed to hear today as I am actively working on healing my old wounds. After listening, I vowed to love myself unconditionally. ♥️💕♥️ Thank you 🙏

Christine

July 20, 2022

Very Loving indeed! 💗 Thank You for this & your sensitive delivery of it !!

Hippie

November 30, 2020

Beautiful inspirational & helpful❤️

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