Growing Through Pain
Recently I underwent a surgery… Cysts were taken out… As big as cricket balls… Not one but two… I did not know I was having them…
I had travelled multiple times…in the past three years. Probably I had kept myself busy and occupied or I was so callous that I ignored some signs that my body was crying for help. I kept postponing regular check-ups that one is expected to undergo to diagnose and attend to the wear and tear of our bodies.
I knew and I was taught that our body is the temple of the Holy Spirit of God…Realisation happened only during the recovery phase. Now I realise deep in my spirit that i should have taken care of it… By eating right and resting well and attend to it.
As the Divine Power put me on a ( FORCED) Maintenance Break…I realised our body mind and soul should go for regular check -ups lest we are caught unawares…
While I am penning these lines…I am getting ready physically emotionally and spiritually for a second surgery but in a better frame of mind because God’s presence I could feel.
Today by His Grace and in His Presence I realise
I should have expressed… myself
I did not…
Now I will express…allow my body to express….
Remember
Our Heart is not a Warehouse….it needs expression.
How diseases are born…?
Our social norms teach us to Silence our tears
Swallow “the bitter pill”
Shut our mouth
Silence our heart
But the body speaks, oh does it speak ??
It does speak…
It speaks through the fingers, tapping on the table surface!
It speaks through restless feet in bed!
It speaks through a nasty headache
It speaks through gastritis, reflux, and anxiety.
It speaks through a knot on your throat.
It speaks through anguish and a wrinkle on the forehead.
It speaks through insomnia or too much sleeping.
You might silence your voice, but the inner dialogue begins!
People get ill because they harbor and keep undigested issues in their hearts…
Expression soothes the soul!
Pain isn’t meant to be lived forever!
Pain is a comma!
So write a letter, a poem, a book!
Sing a song.
Pick up your shoes and tap dance!
Make a joke, create a text, paint a canvas, meet with your friends, even if it has to be virtual…
Jog in the park.
Speak with your therapist, converse with God… Be an Artist!
Talk to yourself, to your puppy,
scream to the Heavens, but don’t be silent !!!
Because if you swallow everything that you feel, you will end up drowning!
THE HEART IS NOT A WAREHOUSE! ❤
And the body speaks!
Have a wonderful expressive life ahead. 😊
Reena Charles
Marhamm Therapy Centre
