It may have been helpful to know then, and it is still helpful to know now.

Maybe, it would have been helpful if you knew that back then,

if you were aware of your patterns,

while you were still in them.

Maybe, things might have looked different,

You might have said something different,

You might have engaged with people, or the world,

in a different way.

And still,

those parts of you were trying to protect you.

They did all that they knew,

just as they knew how.

And, it is still helpful to know now.

To engage with people,

and the world differently now.

To hold those parts with kindness and compassion,

and to move to shift your patterns now.