The Journey Towards Healing

I have to be honest, being hurt by others sucks. Everyone can attest to this surely. When someone does something that you feel is so utterly wrong, it can be the worst feeling in the world. It matters less how you actually react to the hurt, it’s the being hurt that makes the difference.

Imagine being struck by a heavy sharp stone that someone felt was appropriate to fling at you. It will do some damage, break some skin and/or leave a bruise. Usually the first reaction is one of shock, a numb dumbfounded shock at the injustice of it all. But after that initial reaction wears of, one may get angry or fearful or may engage in any number of defensive measures.

One thing remains a fact though, a stone was flung at you and you got hurt. Nothing can change that. Also, nothing can change the fact that the broken skin or bruise you got as a result is actually quite painful. As stoic, unrelenting people who have no desire to reveal our true emotions; we deny there ever was any impact between alleged stone and any part of our body. We stifle our cries and cover up the offending wounds, doing such a convincing job that we actually start to believe our own fabrications.

Yet our bodies have been created with a specific code, a timeframe through which healing occurs both on the outside and within. We cannot deny our wounds, they cannot be covered over with pretence and distractions. We cannot fast forward the healing process no matter how inventive we are. The best we can do is to work with our beings in the healing process, helping and complimenting the natural progression from wound to scab and finally to a faint scar that barely registers in the mind when it fades.

Yes, some wounds never heal. Some become cancerous and infect the entire being. Some of these are emotional, psychological, even spiritual wounds. Sometimes we are too compromised within ourselves to heal properly. So, we don’t. We die.

I have many wounds and bruises. So have you I imagine. The answer is not to pick up a sharp-edged stone and inflict your own suffering on others. The answer perhaps, is to heal and learn through the process so that the next time you see another person howling in pain – or actively trying to cover up their pain, you can be an enhancer to their healing process.

I wish you much strength in your healing.
©Julie Soko

Ps. God not only works on healing our wounds, He is excellent at taking on our stone-flinging adversaries too.

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