Free Time To Heal

Since my days are filled with free time, except when I have my many doctor visits, I have vowed to learn, grow, and personally develop all I can in the months leading up to graduate school. I spend the majority of my time reading books of interest to me that can help me along in the process. I want to be my strongest mentally, emotionally, and spiritually by the time I enter the long haul that is a master's degree when one has a disease that affects every aspect of one's existance.

"Healing is the growth that each person seeks. Healing is what happens when we come to our edge, to the unexplored territory of mind and body" (Seale, 126).

I'm certain Alan Seale is speaking of the type of healing I am working toward. That healing that we all strive for, but that does not come easily, and sadly enough, often comes with a disease (just like mine has). This healing is exhausting, because it does not come without hard work and a good amount of struggle. In fact, it may be the hardest work you will ever do.

"The first step is to realize that healing is happening all the time. It has been happening all along. It may be hard to see when times are tough, and when you feel trapped in circunstances that appear beyond your control, when you are in any kind of pain, when there is abuse on any level. But, if you can step into much higher levels from there, you can recognize that every place that you are is perfect for you in your journey, and that every being whom you are encountering, time and space is perfect for accomplishng the lesson at hand" (Seale, 127).

What is that lesson at hand? That lesson is "healing," and we should always work toward healing ourselves. Too often we are caught up in the hum drum of the everyday only going with the motions. We MUST "show up" to life. We must REALLY live so that we can heal. That may mean different things for each person, but I often find that helping others is one way to show up to life and heal. This can mean something as simple as saying "hello" and passing your smile onto someone else, who will then pass their smile onto the next person. Love produces more love.

Join me in my healing, will you?