Healing--Yasmeen

Healing. Something that most, if not all of us are doing right now. Whether it be from an injury, a broken heart, trauma, or even from seeing first-semester grades. Healing is Defined in the Marriam Webseter Dictonary as ¨to make well again: to restore to health¨ and ¨ to restore to original purity or integrity¨. While these are true, in some ways, I think that there is much more to it. Healing is not about restoration, it is about transformation. There is no way to ever be fully who you were before a situation because we are changing every day. Healing is a time of growth, meaning you are not ever going to be the same person that you ever were. You become a different version of yourself. With that said, My definition is, A journey of transformation, an ongoing process where one embraces one's struggles and learns to leave it in the past in an effort to be a better version of themselves. 

This definition of healing recognizes that time and healing have a connection. Healing is not something that just happens overnight but a gradual evolution. Healing acknowledges what has happened in the past, and that you don´t have to hide what caused you that pain. Healing becomes connected with change, it requires patience, acceptance, and understanding that its not a linear process. That is why it is a journey, three will be some good and bad days. No journey is ever perfect, and that is why understanding that this just takes your effort is important. A person often has to choose to heal. Whether that would be because it is too painful or living in the same situation becomes comforting. That effort is what strings along your journey, so it is important to recognize that aspect. A quote that stood out to me was, ¨The wound is the place where the light enters you.¨. This insight poses the idea that healing is not about completely erasing the past but more so illuminating and acknowledging it. The thing that has troubled you becomes something that channels wisdom and resilience, which is why you will never be the same because this struggle has brought so much change and learning with it. I’d like to think of healing almost like an art. When a mosaic is being made little pieces of glass or stone are broken into a million pieces but in the end, it makes something beautiful, Those little pieces are still involved but they have transformed into a work of art. 

To conclude, the concept of healing, when viewed through my eyes, is a journey of transformation, vulnerability, and effort, and it takes time. It is an ongoing process where a person undergoes a big or little change, led by the experiences that the journey of healing prompted. With that I would like to leave you with a quote by Maya Angelou that says, ¨We delight in the beauty of the butterfly but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty¨. This is a reminder to acknowledge how far you have come and how you have persevered.