On Healing

We all  have wounds, physically as well as mentally.  Healing is the natural process by which wounds are restored to health.  Some wounds heal quicker than others, some reach a plateau or place of maintenance, and some get worse.  It can be said that some healing comes from within, that our state of mind affects our health.  We may or may not be able to do anything about our health challenges, but either way, a positive attitude and having faith help.  Having faith means believing  in the unseen, when although we don't know through our senses, we feel there is something bigger than us guiding and helping us claim our health and strength.  When we recognize that our birthright is wholeness, we are guided to make new and better choices.  We begin to take better care of our minds, bodies, and spirits, and in time usually feel better and more whole, psychologically if nothing else.  We may be motivated to establish good habits and give up old ones, and in turn feel better about ourselves. Even our life situations improve if we give up relationships with negative people who keep us from being inspired and uplifted as well as those things that drain and cause us stress.  We evaluate what is important to us.  Most superficial wounds can be recovered from, and physical challenges can improve, but sometimes, as we get older, it is the matter of growing gold gracefully, health challenges and all.  Walt Whitman, the American poet and essayist wrote about the body from a miraculous and sacred perspective.  He observed, "If anything is sacred the human body is sacred..."  He asks us to embrace the wonder and miracles of our bodies.  Wayne Dyer in his chapter on Walt Whitman in Wisdom of the Ages writes about how the process of the body healing itself is mystery to everyone and we should observe our bodies and be in "awe of every inch of (them).  No one can stop the ever-changing process of aging, or alter the fundamental structure of the body and our unique challenges, but we can, and should, take as good care of our "divine natures" as we can.