The Language of Letting Go

[Guest guest]

Healthy

Sexuality November

23

Many areas of our life need healing.

One important part of our life is our

sexuality. Our feelings and beliefs about our

sexuality, our ability to nurture, cherish, and enjoy our

sexuality, our ability to respect

ourselves sexually, our ability to let of sexual shame and

confusion, may all be impaired

of confused by our codependency.

Our sexual energy may be blocked. Or for some

of us, sex may be the only way

we learned to connect with people. Our sexuality may

not be connected to the rest of us;

sex may not be connected to love – for ourselves or

others.

Some of us were sexually abused as children.

Some of us may have gotten

involved in sexuality addictive behaviors – compulsive

sexual behaviors that got out of

control and produced shame.

Some of us may have gotten involved in sexual

codependency; not paying

attention to what we wanted, or didn’t want, sexually;

allowing ourselves to get involved

sexually because it was what the other person wanted;

shutting off our sexuality along

with our other feelings; denying ourselves healthy enjoyment

of ourselves as sexual

beings.

Our sexuality is a part of ourselves that deserves

healing attention and energy. It

is part of us that we can allow to become connected to the

whole of us; it is part of us that

we can stop being ashamed of.

It is okay and healthy to allow our sexual

energy to open up and become healed.

It is connected to our creativity and to our heart. We

do not have to allow our sexual

energy to control us or our relationships. We can

establish and maintain healthy,

appropriate boundaries around our sexuality. We can

discover what that means in our

life.

We can enjoy the gift of being human beings who have

been given the gift of

sexual energy, without abusing or discounting the gift.

Today, I will begin to integrate my sexuality into the

rest of my personality. God, help me

let go of my fears and shame around my sexuality.

Show me the issues I need to face

concerning my sexuality. Help me open myself to

healing in that area of my life.

J Matchinsky