Scars…
Wounds WILL heal… that is the natural progression of things… but we NEED to LET them heal. As I continue to learn more and more about trauma and how trauma affects all of us in our lives, one thing that stands out to me, at least this week, is that when one experiences trauma in their life, it is NOT a moment that simply happens and then life moves on. It is a “continual moment that is experienced again and again and again in one’s life, ripping open the scar every time, so that there is no time nor place for any healing to begin.”
You CAN heal. All of us CAN heal. We all NEED to heal. But… the difficult thing, as I am learning… is that we NEED to create the time and space to heal as well… and this can be the trickiest part. Please do what is needed to heal. We all have scars, but we do NOT need to have wounds.