Healing hearts

Fresh off this morning’s couch session, my thoughts….

A broken heart isn’t so different than any other wound. When it’s fresh, it’s often painful to the touch and visible to the naked eye. When it heals, it becomes less so; no longer hurting and much less visible, sometimes as if it never existed. How long it takes to get from one point to another can be long or short, depending on how you nurse it in the between time. True of most injuries, it itches when it begins to heal, but while scratching it may provide temporary relief, it can often cause more damage. The same is true of a broken heart (i.e., impulse drives you to place one more call… but it goes unanswered… and now that scab has been compromised and the healing process must begin again). Scabs form to protect the wound while it heals – its best to leave them in place until such time that they fall off on their own. The same is true of the anger, numbness, and all those other feelings that often creep in as you struggle toward normalcy. Let them run their course. They will eventually fall away too, and just as healed wounds grow into new skin, a healed heart can love again.

#livingproof