When I was little I fell with my bicycle and I scraped my knee pretty badly. I went to my grandma and she was concerned initially, when she saw the blood, but then she smiled and said “it will heal just like a puppy”…..
I was in pain and cried when it happened initially, but Grandma’s certainty gave me hope.
She carefully washed the wound, applied medicated ointment, like iodine (that hurts for a second) and then applied a bandage to cover it and keep the dirt out during healing.
Unpleasant process for sure. But necessary for healing.
I was back on my bike in no time. Feeling great.
After few weeks, she said “Rip off the bandage, it’s time” , I was like “No way, this will hurt”
She said “you must remove the bandage to let the wound heal completely” .
It was scary, but she pulled it really fast and boom. My wound was exposed. It was dry, no blood. There was the scar. I noticed it for a while and then a couple weeks later, I noticed it was gone!!!
A true miracle!
We must be patient with emotional injuries and trauma the same way.
First we must NOT be afraid to go and look for help, when it hurts. Who knows what would have happened if Grandma(Baba Mara), or anybody else didn’t help me. Maybe the wound could get worse, maybe infection, infections spread, amputation….even death. Who knows….
Similar to physical injuries, we must go through the process of healing with our emotional injuries. They are not as visible as the physical and usually less people will encourage us to take care of them.
Just like a physical injury, cleaning the area we were hurt, applying medication, and finally bandage to prevent infection. However that looks with our emotional healing.
But you would know right up front that it was never intended to keep that bandage on forever. In a similar way, we are protecting our heart and our emotions after being hurt.
We may be keeping our distance, avoiding certain social circles or events, or even being dismissive of someone who's trying to get close.
I’m here today to tell you just like my grandma did :
“Rip off that bandage”
It's really the only way to finish healing.
GIVE emotional healing the same attention you give to heal your body and GET more joy and faster healing in your life
DM me if you have emotional injuries and you need healing.
