Ian Howlett - Community Outreach, Somerset

I found James living on the street. He told me how something had happened to him and not long after he'd lost his job, his wife and his home. He spoke of this as if it was yesterday but when I asked him how long ago it was he said, '10 years'.

When we experience trauma in our lives it is as if a part of us stops right there and we are unable to progress past it without help. The bigger the trauma (or number of traumas), the more of us is stuck.

At inFreedom we know that sometimes it's hard even just to stand. We're here to give a helping hand along the way. To provide the environment that makes it easier to see that you're worth it and that you too can be loved.

There were once two lovers. Two people made for each other. Together they overflowed with perfect love, but an evil force tore them apart. They were both in anguish and distraught because of thier separation, yet one lover prevailed. Determined to be reuinted, they gave up everything and set out to find their lost love.

Despite impossible odds and a perilous journey, they completed their quest and successfully found their lover. But they discovered that their lover was so overcome with shame and sorrow, and so burdened by loss, that they could no longer receive the love their lover had to offer them. Deeply ashamed and still in pain, they hid in the dark and dirt of despair.

But their lover was persistent and continued to love them.

One day, the sorrowful lover lifts their head and sees again the love their lover has for them. Like a flower turning to warm bright sunshine, the sorrowful lover begins to stand and turns to their lover. Their dirty blankets of despair and sorrow fall away and they again are free to embrace their lover. They hold tight, beginning again to feel the warmth and peace of the love they lost. And they never let go.