Bound and stuck

I am learning that the external circumstances has nothing to do with me, this is just life doing it's thing. We cannot allow those external things keep us stuck and bound in whatever negative mindset you get stuck in. Past pains and traumas skew our perceptions and because of it we stay stuck and bound in something that was only supposed to give us wisdom, strength and a deepening of appreciation for what we do have. I am guilty of this myself because I have allowed past pains and traumas to keep me stuck at various points in my life. As I meet people, read about other's tragedies and as I go through my own soul searching, I realized that I am not alone in my struggles. Granted everyone’s pains and traumas are different but it doesn't mean that were are in it alone, we can share our experiences and how were some of the ways they maneuvered through it all. For that purpose sometimes God places people into our lives, whether physically or coming across an article or video of someone expressing how the survived their pains and traumas, it’s all places in our path to help me and all of us through all of our stuck moments. So in my healing journey I very recently discovered this fact and it brought to tears because now I see how merciful and gracious God is to me even though I don't deserve it. Thank you God for placing things, circumstances and people in my life to be a light and my rope out of the dark hole I thought I could never get out of.