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And just the same, we are blind to all their wounds and we don't
understand their heroic efforts to protect their scabs lest they
bleed again also. We don't see that their hurtful actions are walls
Now the solution is difficult and hard because the only salve that
will, in time, heal all these wounds that misplaced trust has given
us is to learn to trust again. The difficulty is deciding to trust in
the first place when so much evidence is against it. The hardness
comes from the realization that by trusting we open ourselves up
to more wounds.
The first step is to learn to see the hidden wounds beneath the
surface of all those who hurt us, learn to understand why they
have become who they are and forgive them. Forgive them for the
part of them that is of God. Each time you forgive them, one of
your scabs will be healed,