When we scratch the wound and give into our addictions we do not allow the wound to heal.
A wound that goes unacknowledged and unwept is a wound that cannot heal.
A shaman is someone who has a wound that will not heal. He sits by the side of the road with his open wound exposed.
The wound that's made by fire will heal,
But the wound that's made by tongue will never heal.
If you want to understand a difficult or trying person, begin by asking the question: 'What is the wound they are trying to heal?'
The less the head, the more the wound will heal. No head there is no wound. Live a headless life. Move as a total being, and accept things.
A wound needs air in order to heal. We must talk about and expose those things which have hurt or harmed us in some way. Our wounds need nurturing care in order to heal. If we are to nurture and heal, we must admit that the wounds exist. We must carefully do what is necessary to help ourselves feel better.
Physical wounds heal, but those on the soul are difficult to heal.
This is a difficult balance, telling the truth: how much to share, how much to keep, which truths will wound but not ruin, which will cut too deep to heal.
Words can wound, and wounds can heal.
Reproach is infinite, and knows no end So voluble a weapon is the tongue; Wounded, we wound; and neither side can fail For every man has equal strength to rail.
The sorrow for the dead is the only sorrow from which we refuse to be divorced. Every other wound we seek to heal - every other affliction to forget: but this wound we consider it a duty to keep open - this affliction we cherish and brood over in solitude.
To heal the wound, you have to go into the dark night of the soul.
Grief is a wound that needs attention in order to heal.
My mother would take the Band-Aid off, clean the wound, and say, "Things that are covered don't heal well." Mother was right. Things that are covered do not heal well.
You have to give a wound time to heal and think of other people's feelings.