Life really isn't meant to be a struggle but we humans have a habit of making it so without even realising it.
Today, you are the sum total of all that has happened to you in the past and what you feel about it, and how you have dealt with it!
Most people deal with past experiences and the resulting emotion by pushing them down into the body as far as possible. But this doesn't deal with it at all. Like the tree in our opening paragraph, the ivy had left a scar on the tree and no matter how the tree tried to grow and ignore the ivy it was still there.
The tree (like a human) learned to live with the restriction of the ivy and formed a belief that it could not grow its trunk anymore without pain. If trees have thoughts and feelings it would also have learned that the light and warmth never shone on its trunk and only on its branches.
There are some people that believe that their life will always be the same, and that it really is just "their lot" and its only other people that succeed with their lives for all sorts reasons.
But you can all change your lives if that is what you want to do. It really starts with the wanting and the knowledge that it doesn't have to be this way.
To help the tree I had to use various tools for not one tool would deal with all of the problems.
At StarChild we have a range of tools to help you make changes in your lives. If you want to untangle the ivy that is restricting you then the first step is to look at the attached life evaluator. This will help you decide which areas you need to change.