#awakeningyourworth - Inclusions, Exclusions & The Human Heart — A Quiet Reflection
✨ Inclusions, Exclusions & The Human Heart — A Quiet Reflection ✨ We don’t talk about this enough… but every one of us has felt the sting of being left out, and also the guilt of not showing up when we were invited. Tonight, let’s peel back the layers and explore this dance we all experience — the dance of being included, excluded, and emotionally entangled in between. 1. When You Are Excluded: The Silent Ache There’s a particular ache that comes with exclusion. It’s not loud, but it pierces. Not because the event is important… but because somewhere deep inside, a question gets triggered: “Am I not enough?” Even as adults, we still carry this tiny fear from childhood — that fear of not belonging, not being chosen, not being remembered. What usually arises: a quick drop in confidence a little self-blame a quiet bruised ego or emotional numbness from too many past hurts And here’s the irony: Sometimes being excluded is actually protection. A circ...