It seems that aspirin, the simple medicine that people first extracted from willow bark, has a new and exciting application. Not only does it reduce fevers, inflammation and help with cardiac issues, but now it may also help to prevent certain types of cancer. That is quite a lot of hope and healing packed into one, simple tablet!
In the spiritual life there is an equally simple medicine that helps bring about healing, change and transformation: The formula Truth - Love - Time (or truth - grace - time, as Henry Cloud articulates it in his work on boundaries and change). This is a simple medicine that brings about profound results, but only when all three elements are included in the process. If you try to skip, ignore, or short-change one of the three, the healing process gets stuck. That applies to inner/self healing, and healing relationships (with other people or with God).
Throughout my life, especially during times of transition and transformation, I find myself coming back to this formula - and noticing which one of the three areas I want to shortcut. Sometimes it is truth - there are times when I prefer to ignore or deny the truth that is before me. Other times it is love/grace - easier to extend to others than to myself. Often it is time - I want things to happen/resolve/transform NOW - or yesterday. But all three are necessary ingredients of any healthy healing, change, or transformation.
I invite you think about this multi-purpose soul aspirin of truth-love(grace)-time and apply it to the areas in your life that invite healing, change and transformation. Do you feel resistance in one of the three areas? What is it like to sit with that resistance, and then to move closer to embracing this trinity of healing?
Good medicine, indeed!
Blessings,
Kim
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