I sometimes see and speak with people who seem to carry such a sadness about themselves and their lives. I call them the “sad souls,” and I understand where they’re coming from because I was there once myself.
They are the ones with a sadness so deep that they don’t know how to get out; they don’t understand that there’s always a way out and a path up.
They are the souls who have been hurt, abused, and been broken to a point that they believe they can never be healed or whole again, that the damage is irreparable. They are the ones whose hearts have been broken, souls have been torn to shreds, and the ones who evil preyed upon.
They are the ones who have been taken advantage of, the ones who have been used, the ones who have been tormented.
And you know what my opinion is of them?
They will become the strongest, the most trustworthy, the ones who will take their experience and use it to be sure it never happens to others. They will be the ones who are gifted the ability to change themselves and change the world; they are the fallen angels who will rise to grace and dignity; they are the souls that bear the greatest hurt yet possess the most strength to overcome it.
Yet they don’t always see that…until they are meant to.
“Sad souls” are born to become “strong and happy souls,” yet the only way they can become this is by living the trauma, healing from it, and rising above it. It is then that they possess the greatness that they were gifted with at birth: the gift of “chance.”
They have to the chance to heal, to change, to discover, to become strong, and most 
importantly, the chance to change the world and those in it, including themselves. They are the believers, the optimists, the dreamers, and the fallen, and when you combine all of those things, you will see the soul that was meant for greatness.
“Sad souls” were gifted sadness for a reason, and that reason is that they were chosen for this purpose in life, because a Higher Power knew that the journey of their recovery would bring strength and goodness to them and to the world.
“Sad souls” were not born to be sad for eternity; they were born with a purpose of sadness that would breed greatness. They were born to be sad to learn, to experience, to heal, and to fly to a level of integrity and wisdom that would become a gift to those that surround them…and inevitably, would become a gift to the world.
There’s always hope…if you just believe there is!
Wishing you love, light and happiness,
~Anne Dennish~
meet or speak with. I try to leave someone with a smile, a laugh, or a different perspective that may lighten their load in life.
beyond me; if you hurt those I love, my loyalty will have me walk out of your life as well. It doesn’t matter who you are.
and turning it into a reality; it’s our mind making something mundane seem rewarding; and it’s our heart learning to love all that we do.
someone’s life, to a community, and to hopefully change the world, or at least a small piece of it.
lost sight of the blessings in our life, and in some way, taken them for granted, always believing that if they’re there in the first place, they’ll never be taken away. And that’s how a broken heart happens: we weren’t paying attention.
Broken hearts happen for many reasons, yet when you can put the hurt and blame aside, that’s when the reality comes in and the healing can start. When you take your own accountability in the brokenness, you heal, you become stronger, and you learn something about yourself…and with that, you’re given the gift of changing yourself.
