You can accept or reject the way you were treated....

You 

can 

accept or reject

 the way

 you were treated 

by other people

but until 

YOU 

heal

the wounds of the past

you are going to 

bleed.

 You can bandage the bleeding

 with food,

 with alcohol with drugs,

 with work,

 with cigarettes

 with sex,

 but eventually,

 it will ooze through and stain your life.

 You must find the 

strength 

to open the wounds,

 stick your hands inside,

 pull out the

 core of the pain

 that is holding you in your past,

 the memories,

 and make 

peace 

with them.

Iyanla Vanzant