Retrospective Lily

It’s a phrase we have all heard before.

I’m so thankful for this simple yet extraordinary fact of life! With Friedreich’s Ataxia, I am clumsy, so I cut up my hands and feet a lot. But after I injure myself, the raw wound disappears in a few days, and the renewal process gets underway. A scar marks the incident occasionally, but usually not.

Is this a lesson in FORGIVENESS, or is it just a reminder of the inevitability of existing in a temporal world?

The inevitability: life goes on. We love and we hurt – we win and we lose – but the world keeps turning.

It’s funny, the mind isn’t so susceptible to time’s passage. It doesn’t age like the rest of the body. It doesn’t decay like most living things.

So, can all EMOTIONAL wounds heal with time?

Time helps in many cases, and our grudges feel less harsh with “space” – mental and physical distance.

Some emotional wounds are harder to get over, like grief or trauma. The scars left behind are deeper.

The healing of physical injuries is inevitable, but forgiveness is a choice. True emotional/spiritual healing requires intention and effort, along with GRACE and HOPE.