Dear Anita,

Happy Monday.  I thought of you and your leg.  The concept of healing, that even after the “big heal” pain lingers.  It reminds us that we are not “back to baseline” just yet.  It urges to be attentive and have patience.  There is something to be said of the human body reminding the mind, what it needs.  Taking that “extra step” so to speak to be careful.

Yet, sometimes when we are too careful, it does not feel natural.  It is frustrating, which can in fact lead to more error! The fine balance is key – and that is what we search for, or attempt to attain – time and again in life.

I thought about how this also applies to the path, the healing path.

Sometimes we have large doses of healing.  This can be tangible objectively, someone finally cutting a toxic person out of their life.  Someone finally making the decision to date again after heart ache.  Making a new choice, or move, etc. Yet, it is the “small healing” that takes much longer, and can hold us back.  It’s those small twinges of pain, those reminders that we aren’t “there just yet” that keep us humble.