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Healing is a matter of time, but it is sometimes also a matter of opportunity.
~ Hippocrates
Personally, I believe that time provides a buffer, a safeguard or defense, to help prevent the heart from breaking into a thousand little pieces each time we experience some sort of loss in our lives. And many of us also undergo the seven steps of grief which, of course, affect everyone differently. Speaking for myself, I think it would be nice to remove the middle-man of time and speed up the entire healing process. Maybe it’s possible to help it along by heeding Hippocrates’ words and providing the opportunity — filling our waking hours with our favorite pastime, a new passion and/or the company of friends or family — in order to make the step-by-step transition easier. Eventually we may get to that place where the wounds become less visible, perhaps leaving only a few battle scars on the surface of our hearts. I’ll let you know how that goes for me … in time.
Have you given yourself the opportunity for healing?
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Jul 15, 2012 @ 17:25:32
I was diagnosed with a heart condition called POTS in November, which isn’t life threatening but is very debilitating. The changes to my life happened very fast, I had to drop out of uni, move back home with my parents and I’ve been virtually housebound since my diagnosis. It was excruciatingly hard at first, but within time, it’s been getting easier. I think if you skipped from the heartache to being fully healed with no knowledge of the bit in between, no good could come out of the hardship, no opportunity to learn or evolve. This would make the entire process completely pointless, a bad situation worse.
I’m not saying I wouldn’t prefer it though!
Jul 16, 2012 @ 12:17:16
~ what a positive outlook to your condition. We all have the choice to either throw a pity party or make the best out of a particular situation, don’t we? And if we choose the latter, we become the voice of experience and may hopefully inspire others in the process.
Jul 18, 2012 @ 13:04:36
Love this post. I hear you, sometimes I’d rather time not be a factor in healing. It can be hard to feel, and hard to wait at times. I am learning that being able to feel is a good thing, even if it is pain. I don’t believe we can really overcome anything we are not willing to allow ourselves to feel first. I spent many years repressing memories so I would not feel, not realizing that I was the barrier to my own healing. Not so anymore. I want to feel. I’m so glad I have people in my life that support me. Don’t know how anyone can do it without community. Continue writing, I’m so glad you are pursuing your dreams!
Jul 18, 2012 @ 15:44:16
~ thank you for your perspective and your kind words. And yes, as much as feeling can be painful, it also molds us into the people we ultimately become … hopefully stronger, wiser and more compassionate.