Take it Easy: Healing Takes Time
I believe our Westernized society has created some misconceptions about the time frame people heal. We like everything fast and convenient (just like our food) and we expect other aspects of life to be the same. Grief, internal pain, and family struggles are areas that our society is not comfortable with so we expect everyone to get over their pain or at least keep it to themselves (individualist view). We want to believe that we can do anything on our own and very quickly... like heal years of brokenness in a couple of weeks. People are not created to be alone nor to be rebooted when life is difficult. My own faith tradition, Christianity has an expectation that God will heal people instantaneously. Again optimal healing is viewed in a rapid fashion. This is sometimes true, but most of the time healing is a long journey filled with lessons and closure. I think God is a fan of journey's because the bible narrative is full of them. I believe journey's help people develop char...