We grow and change during our lives.

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Maturing as we age.

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Hopefully, we become more settled into ourselves.

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Getting more comfortable with who we are.

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And where we come from.

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Sometimes, that can be challenging.

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There are wounds we have experienced, I have experienced, that cause us to feel disconnected from our heritage or our family.

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For some people, those wounds never heal.

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I am lucky enough to have come to a place of peace with my past.

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It took a lot of work.

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A lot of being uncomfortable in my process.

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Facing past hurts and feeling my way through the pain I was still holding on to.

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Even crying and wailing with the trauma still held in my body.

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This inner work is not for the faint of heart.

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Yet somehow, with the help and support of those close to me, I am finding my way through.

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So when I reconnected with an old childhood friend for the first time in decades, it brought joy to my heart.

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In the past, I might have approached the reconnection with trepidation or shame.

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Shame at where I was in my life compared to them.

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Or just tentative and shy about the feelings that would have come up to revisit my childhood.

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Thankfully, I am now at a different point in my life.

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I am at the place where I can connect to my childhood memories without shame or blame.

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And that made seeing my old friend a joyful experience.

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Reminiscing about times long gone, and catching up on all that's happened since.

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It felt good to have someone in my life who knew me back then.

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Who knows who I was and can now see who I have become.

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Seeing who he has become, and how well he is doing now, made me happy for him.

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The short time we spent together was filled with many words, and many feelings in between the words.

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I was happy to see him doing well in his life, and I felt solid about where I am in mine.

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That was a new experience for me.

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Reconnecting with him was a way of reconnecting with my past.

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And that felt good.

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Like I said, I am quite lucky, or blessed, to be where I am now.

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Feeling the arc of my life by reconnecting with him didn't feel challenging or painful.

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If felt like being home, in a house with a strong foundation.

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For that, I am extremely grateful.

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What would connecting with an old childhood friend feel like for you?

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Perhaps if there are some sore spots, that's place to find some support for your healing journey?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour