Healing is such an optimistic word. Carrying an aura of restitution and resolution - it seems like the most natural thing to do. But have you ever had to fix a broken leg? Well that seems like too massive an injury, let's go down to something as small as a cut or a scratch. Would you believe how long and how tediously your body works to fix it? How many new little cells are made just for that purpose and shipped all the way to where they are needed?
Man is the only known animal with a conscious mind. Or so they say. With all this power and responsibility came the nuisance of thought. Don't get me wrong, thoughts are absolutely elevating! It's what is driving me to write this now, it's what pushed the geniuses of the centuries past to give us all the scientific development that we see. But what about the silly things? Silly things that are the essence of a man's life? The people you interact with or maybe the ones you don't.
I believe one of man's greatest creation is language. To be able to formulate your thoughts into statements or instructions is a power we take for granted! Ever tried learning a language that has no common roots whatsoever to your first language? Gosh! The mystery and thus the beauty is simply enticing. But with these words came the form of language that hurts. The part of the world that says things they don't mean, worse that say things they do mean. I don't know what one would gain by deliberately causing pain, but I do know that our magnificent conscious mind holds on to it like a child holds onto his favorite blanket.
Man is intrinsically insecure. Most of us if not all. I don't need to get into how the media and the 21st century just exploits those insecurities helping it grow and probably reproduce too. We look for constant validation, purposefully and many times unintentionally. Is it really needed? To give so much control to someone or a group of someones who know only a side of you? You would like to think they are worrying about you and what you do but in reality they are troubled about what you are judging them for!
Is this what the pety mind is about? Isn't the world larger than just us? Isn't productivity - social or personal - more monumental that something someone said or even simply assumed about you?
Thoughts are funny creatures. Putting aside the seemingly judgemental eyes of the crowd and moving forward isn't as simple as it sounds - just like the repair of that gash on your knee. It takes work and time and eventually you will get there with only a scar to remind you of the initial insult and the lessons you learnt. Just don't give up because this alleviation, this path of recovery is yours. One day, you will realize that you need no one but only your own approval to live with yourself and that would be worth all the scars you carry.
