Rediscovery after Recovery

By Jalisa Lucas

I am a passionate pursuer of purpose. Come along with me on my journey of transparency, in order to give you the strategies, and understanding in order to press through the agonies and blessings experienced throughout life.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Jalisa Lucas
• Release date: Oct 11, 2021
• ISBN: 9781087990590

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Rediscovery after Recovery

WAR FOR EACH PROMISE.

DECLARE TRUTH.

EXPECT EVEN MORE IN FATH.

By

Jalisa Lucas

CONTENTS

Introduction

You will heal as you feel

Pressing vs. Stressing

Pain is your catalyst for your purpose

Uproot the Weeds

Learn how to grow

Drop new seed

Show what you know

Trusting fully is a process

Expect the unexpected

To rejoice becomes your choice

You possess what you say

Turn hardship to worship

Quick tips

INTRODUCTION

T

he beginning for me was a journey of trials. Through a complexity of mistakes, while unlearning learned behavior, simultaneously making better decisions then giving the blueprint to the steps I took, ultimately birthed purpose. Having said that, I may not have a solution to each problem you have however, I know someone who does. His name is Jesus. With the transforming love of Jesus, I have been transformed with his solutions. With his blueprint, I have been able to feel, in order for me to heal. Furthermore, I may not be the most intellectually astute, or the most qualified but thankfully I do not need to be. My experience qualifies my growth. Above all, my qualifier has qualified what was deemed disqualified. He illuminated areas I eliminated and gave me a hope that cannot be destroyed. In your process of healing, I believe you will rediscover as you recover all that is yours, and what may have never been, with the understanding that what is to come is purpose. The past behind you is worth walking away from. The future ahead of you is worth walking towards. All it takes is one foot in front of the other. Let’s start moving! You are worth walking away from the past behind you. You are worth walking towards the future ahead of you.

-Jalisa. L

YOU WILL HEAL AS YOU FEEL

H

ave you ever experienced such a high level of pain to the point of numbness? I have and the only way out is to find a way of escape so that you can begin to feel what has been suppressed. There is never a time where a human being has the supernatural capacity to experience interactions in this world without having a human response. However, there are unhealthy psychological conditionings that can be utilized as coping strategies, to conceal specific responses. Though conveniently convincing, it is not recommended.

Being raised in a single parent household with limited resources and family support, life was consistently onerous. This reality led me to have a very unhealthy concept about life. In turn, if I had an unhealthy concept about life then I had an unhealthy concept of the byproducts of life, such as family, love, and relationships. Most importantly, I had an unhealthy concept of me. In my opinion, and the opinions of outsiders, there was no hope, and I was bound to fail.

My attitude alone was repellent. I sabotaged anything good that came my way. I was not willing to be taught, to listen, or to be helped. I wanted things my way or the highway. Growing up, one of my most famous sayings was, it is, what it is. Not only was I willing to write anyone and everyone off, but I was also inadvertently writing myself off too.

I began to subconsciously regurgitate my environment of pain within every new environment I entered. Figuratively speaking, I began consuming the poison I expected others to die from. Did I have intentions on killing anyone? Of course not. Was I caring and compassionate about the feelings of others? Absolutely not. Why? I had become numb. I was not cognizant of reality outside my reality of pain. I had no concept of life without it. I did not understand that I was the first recipient of all I dished out. If I caused heartache that was equivalent to,