Survival

Some of us are natural survivors, strong and resilient. Others, like me, find survival back-breaking, soul-searching, mind-bending.  Not going on is not an option. And so, I have come up with a survival mantra, an epiphany of sorts if you will. Here is wisdom garnered from nights of wishing to fall into the starry sky..

Wives lose husbands they have been married to for 40 years and more. Like rudderless ships, they flounder on. but they do not sink.  Men become widowers after years of depending on a better half..everyone survives, scarred, scared. Life, relentlessly, goes on. People survive life changing accidents and disasters. Mothers live on after burying their children. I cannot think of anything harder than that. If this is possible, anything is possible.

Healthy human tissue typically takes six weeks to heal and scar. The scar tissue is just a fraction as strong as the original substance..but Time, the great healer, slowly remodels the scar and makes it tenacious and strong. Over years, scars fade. Sometimes, they even surprise us.."Hey, you can barely see it!"

Taking inspiration from nature, I have decided to let myself heal. The scars will fade.