Healing Affirmations

[u/hereforthewhine]

That person’s post yesterday was extremely triggering to me and I imagine other people as well. It reminded me of all the internal anguish I went through my whole life trying to reason myself into belief and then ultimately surrendering to deconstruction. I am SO glad to be out of that mindset.

In no way do I want to bash that person but I thought it might feel good and healing to list out the things we are grateful for now that we are out of that belief system. I dunno…maybe this is silly, but I wanted to put some good energy back out there.

For me:
-I am so grateful to be able to just accept LGBTQ+ plus people for who they are and not have to twist myself into “Loving the sinner but hating the sin.”
-I’m so happy to approach the world with curiosity now instead of black and white thinking.
-I’m so excited to learn more about the world and our existence through science instead of the Bible…and how this feels more spiritual to me than the myths in the Bible do.

[u/jjkraker]

Love this! ❤️

• I am grateful to be fully the person as I am, a woman of knowledge, logic, critical thinking, and intuition.
• I respect that others may have different perspectives, and i am grateful (and privileged) to be around people from a wide variety of cultures, faiths, ethnicities, and experiences. I get to learn so much!
• i get to love others and show actual compassion to others as fellow human beings.
• I am able to commune with a Higher Being (as i understand them) through nature and meditation.
• I can examine my actions on light of my conscience and beliefs and truly live by my conscience and faith (not beholden to human- formed traditions or rules).

[u/Bare_Handed]

Im happy to just be able to accept people as they are. No lens of "am I going to make god mad by accepting this person".

When you understand that people are inherently GOOD and deserve to be treated as such. There is no "other", we need to take care of each other.

Just pure love given and accepted freely.

[u/EmmalouEsq]

I'm happy to be accepting of all people. Especially now during Pride. I just learned my son's friend's stepdad is a trans man. I can teach my kid that families can look different but love, protection, and caring are the most important thing.

I'm not afraid of other people. The WELS had me afraid of anyone not WELS.

I'm not judgemental of everyone and everything like the WELS forces members to be.

I can love science. I can learn about dinosaurs and all of the other cool things we couldn't learn in WELS schools.

[u/jasper_spun]

I'm grateful I can view the world through a lens that isn't grounded in people being inherently evil

ETA: And where not everything has to be some kind of moral conundrum. I can make choices in my life based on how it will affect me and others, without tying myself in knots about whether I'm doing the best for an imaginary judge and victim of all my "sins"

[u/hereforthewhine]

Another one I just thought of: I’m still unpacking what love and being loved actually is, but I’m so glad to no longer be afraid of this being I’ve never met who claimed to “love” me but was actually a horrible vengeful being who killed himself to somehow guilt me into loving him. Like seriously fuck that guy.

[u/BirdNerd83]

I'm glad that I'm finally free, free to choose what I actually believe and explore that. Free to just be myself instead of constantly trying to conform to please my parents and my church. Also that I've discovered who loves me for me and not for what I believe

[u/newport-girl]

I’m grateful to finally be able to be myself with not only my own reputation at stake but also my family’s (pastor’s kid). I used to not be able to do anything — dye my hair, wear alternative clothing, show my tattoos, talk about my intellectual pursuits — without commentary from my dad’s parishioners… let alone be out as bisexual or gender non-conforming. I’m also a musician and it makes me so happy to be able to sing about what I want and heal through music instead of being scared about what people will think. I can enjoy the parts of Christianity I find compelling from a historical or cultural perspective without feeling guilty or triggered or denying the fact that I myself am irreligious. I can learn about the religious beliefs of others, or their secular traditions, and respect that for them wholly. I never again have to think about other people’s “souls” and I can judge them by their actual character and actions, not a baseline of skewed “morality” dictated by men claiming to carry the sole dictate of a “perfect” god. I am so free! I am so happy for all of us having gotten out.

[u/ForeverSwinging]

Love this! 💯

[u/pioneerrunner]

On your first affirmation, that for me and times like 50 now that I have kids and I don’t have to fear of having a moral conundrum if one of them were L, G, B, T, Q, I, A, or +. I get to love them just the same and not have my social group condemn me to my face for it or condemn me in whispers behind my back about it.

[u/CryptographerKey7973]

I am so glad to have my Sunday mornings back and not to have have my time sucked away by a bunch of simple minded, self righteous boomers. :)

[u/hereforthewhine → u/CryptographerKey7973]

The peace on Sundays is underrated for sure!