One good question asked of a client, or ourselves is this one. Sometimes it is simple, the cut will heal, the bone will knit, or something like that. But what if you have chronic pain? What if that back surgery, that was supposed to stop your pain, didn't, maybe even made it worse? What if it is anxiety attacks? What happens then? Can we be healed even if our illness or pain does not go away?

A long while ago I was treating a woman who had hip and leg pain. She was an art teacher and was the sole caregiver for her aging mother. She had no other family. As Christmas got closer that year, she confided in me that she decided to decorate her house for Christmas. This was something she had never done before, having no children she thought it wasn't necessary. She said usually she admired the decorations on her neighbors houses. Being an artist, she told me she had found a set of artificial miniature lighted redwood trees to put on her porch. Then most amazing thing, she said once they were in the house and were lit, she thought it was so beautiful, she decided to leave them. To me this was healing. Her pain did get better, but the opening of her life to the beauty of Christmas decorations made the most difference to her. (Her words). It was a powerful lesson in what healing can be.
"Healing isn't always the curing of an illness, the lessening of pain, there are times when healing is the grace to bear it" Sometimes healing is the breaking open of a heart, allowing even more love to enter it. Sometimes a life is transformed by the healing. Be open to ALL the ways that healing enters your life. Let the expanded definition enrich not just you, but everyone around you.

Peace to you all,
Ami

What does healing look like to you? do you agree with me? Is there a story you would like to share about healing in your life? Share!