i words

I is not a dirty letter
even if there is no "i" in "team"

influence
inform
improve
increase
impress
intensify
illuminate
influence
immanence
insight
intend
invite
inclination
impel
instigate
infuse
instill
invigorate
introspective
integrity
ingenuity
imagine
Inner Being
inspiration
inclusive
intense
impel
introvert
idea
innovate
inhale
invent

What are your favorite i words?

Spiritual Alchemy

Old pain.  
Memory of hurts.  
Damage visible in unhappy life.
Chip on my shoulder.

Shift in perspective.
No longer am I willing to be unhappy.
My new awareness is almost blindingly obvious.
I lack happiness.
Now I want happiness.

Now it gets difficult.  
Now is the test of willingness.
This is healing:

Painful lancing of a wound that has festered and gotten infected
Clean it out
Treat it with love and kindness
Heal at last. 

The scar is always present
Reminding me of the legacy that shaped me
Yet pain no longer directs me.

I use my experience to help others 
healing their old injuries.  
Pain transformed into love.
Spiritual alchemy.