The Soft Work of Healing

Healing is more than soothing your pain. It is also the tender work of honesty. Sometimes, the suffering we carry is not only from what life has done to us, but from the choices we continue to make, the patterns we repeat, and the truths we try to silence. Healing means taking responsibility for the role we play in our own hurt.

This is not about blame. It is about courage. Because when you face yourself with honesty, you begin to see where you have the power to choose differently. Responsibility does not trap you; it frees you. It gives you permission to step out of cycles that keep you small and to move toward peace, even if only one step at a time.

Healing is messy. It asks for patience, for gentleness, for love. But every time you choose truth, you choose growth. And that is where freedom begins.

Oluwademilade from MANI