"Do you believe that time heals all wounds?"

Dear Reader,  that title comes from one of my favorite songs by Skillet titled The Older I Get, and since it just popped into my head and this post will be mostly about time, I figured it was a good fit. So, I'm sipping a Sunkist pop while munching on cucumbers and ranch. My taste buds are happy and life is good. I can't remember the last time I had a Sunkist--I looked at the can and it says, "Celebrate 20 years of dreams"  I smiled at how fitting it seemed since I'm still adjusting to that whole "being 20" thing, and to my knowledge, have had an awful lot of dreams in that time. Still do.

Now to that whole "time" thing. I guess I've never really met anyone who was fully content with the pace at which time changes things.  Sure, hindsight is 20/20, and eventually we get to a point where we see distinct differences between who we are and who we were, but waiting to get there isn't always easy.

I used to hate the saying "Time heals all wounds." absolutely hate it.  I was much more in the camp of "Time forms a scab capable of being ripped open at any moment.  Then some pretty ugly scar tissue forms which is usually very painful in its own way."  I guess healing took place with both but "time heals all wounds"  seemed far too sugar coated and simplistic for the cynical little me.  Now that I'm older, I can understand the reasoning behind the phrase a little more.  It's just hard to wait for time to do its job, especially when no one will ever know how much time is necessary.

For the record, I still find the phrase a little too simplistic.  I think "time" has to be seen as an umbrella term in this case which encompasses a heck of a lot more than just the ticking of a clock.  Time needs a little bit of help sometimes, whether that's the right person showing up at the right time, a lucky break, an animal--anything.  Time exposes you to agents of change and agents of healing, and even though there might be a lot of pain involved in waiting for that healing, it will come.  And you'll be able to feel it when it finally does--even if it took a lot longer than you were hoping or expecting.

Be epic, be well, and enjoy the last few days of summer.

-Megan