I cut my finger a few days ago. I was riding my bike….no, I was doing archery….no, I was skydiving…no, I was fixing something in the house. All fibs! I was doing the dishes. I soooo wish it was while doing something amazingly adventurous. But it wasn’t.

And this is a big deal. I have been warned by my cancer specialist to avoid injuries while taking Acalabrutinib. This is much like trying to reason with a bull in a china shop! I was born clumsy…

But my wound is healing well, I have used up half a container of iodine, and my overall goal is to make sure that it stays healed. This means doing things a bit differently. It is my writing hand, so the following things are very difficult right now: brushing my teeth, washing my hair, and (so sad) doing dishes!

I was listening the other day to my Christian Radio station and they were talking about a six-month Bible Study which is called “Healing Journey”. And at the end of the advertisement about it, the announcer says, ‘Healing is a journey’, and I thought, “so true!”.

There are so many things from which we need healing! For starts, of course we would like to see our illnesses gone! We also desire healing in relationships, from traumas from which we are victims, from poor decisions we have made.

So, it’s easy to give and receive advice on a finger wound, but how do we handle the big stuff in life? I am not talking about medical healing, there is a time and place to discuss that, but I personally do not believe we can heal ourselves…I am talking about all of the internal injuries that are inflicted upon us by ourselves and others. The things that sometimes build up cumulatively and tend to stay with us unless we deal with them.

I have heard it say that when problems are so seemingly huge, it is like eating an elephant (which should be considered as an analogy only). How do you eat an elephant? ONE BITE AT A TIME.

We live in such a “fast food world.” We want everything instantly, and we are impatient and not willing to wait. We tend to get so anxious about the results we wish to see, that is causes more and more negative impacts to our health.

Here are 10 steps to Healing:

Worry is never productive. Waiting and “going with the flow” can be frustrating but I am wishing to give you some tips while you wait for the Healing to come.

I love all of the Bible verses that speak of healing. I could recite these often, even daily, because, as we go through this life, we are damaged constantly! Many of these amazing verses are here: https://www.kingjamesbibleonline.org/Bible-Verses-About-Healing/

I cut my finger on September 12th, and although the cut has healed outwardly, it is still very sensitive inside. It seems like my body is slower and slower in doing its healing job these days. We are like this as humans. Our visible wound is healed, but the internal damage remains. We’re smiling on the outside, but wilting on the inside. I believe that once we acknowledge this, we will be more patient with ourselves, and understanding of other people, knowing that they have the same issues! We also need to understand it will take time! And besides the 10 steps listed above, we must try to take part in things that we enjoy. If possible, eliminate stress or take a day off from your regular schedule. Finally, learn to laugh at yourself and your mistakes. It is proven that laughter has healing qualities and is great for stress reduction.

Healing is a journey, folks. This is not something that will happen overnight. It might take a life time. It is important to remember that we are fallible humans. We want instant action, but this may not happen. That is what support is for. We are here.