Is time the great healer, and in what way and why ...?

Yes, time is the greatest healer. It takes away all your pain. Your pain may not be completely taken away but the intensity will surely be decreased. It is because nothing remains constant, and the only thing constant in world is change. Time sees to it. We have to move ahead with time.

A story is told of a saint who was once travelling with his disciples. The saint asked one of the disciple to go and fetch some water from the nearby lake. The disciple went, but to his surprise found the water very dirty- someone was washing clothes, animals were bathing- the water was full of mud. The disciple came back and told this to the saint. The saint did not say anything. After a few hours the saint asked the same disciple to go and bring some water from that same lake. The disciple, without saying anything, went. However, this time he found that the lake was clean- all the mud had settled down and the water was clean. The saint then explained that during problems our mind is like the muddy water. But if we give it sometime the mud will settle down and what is left above are pure and clean thoughts.

Time does not completely remove your pain, but it does take its intensity away; sometimes we even forget it. I consider it to be the best healer- it does what no other doctor can do- takes away your pain making you stronger.

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What is the nature of your injury? Physical, Spiritual, Emotional? Do you hold the opinion that you are injured? You are too close to the injury--the event. Stress will whirl you about. The mind is hard-wired to solve problems, and the brain does know that there are no solutions, so the pain of unwanted thoughts recurs again and again until the mind finds solutions. That takes time for the brain to stop stressing. Yeah, that takes time. But it can be speeded along by acceptance, and understanding of how we experience pain and sadness and why. These can be worked on with a determination. Also, with time comes new interests, new pathways that replace the old in both the habit of our thoughts and the habit of our activities. A regular routine is helpful in creating those newer pathways, and exercise can help that regularity along as well as reduce stress, and to calm both mind an body. Hope these thoughts are useful--even if cliched.

Wow , what a lovely question and what lovely answers as well.

Mine will be less brilliant. Nevertheless, Yes I believe that time heals all wounds because of experience and knowledge. If you are hurt emotionally or physically, in a matter of time you will begin to heal if you allow yourself because that is human nature.

Nature is mysterious and beautiful just as time.

Over time, the mundanities of everyday life anesthetize your pain.

time heals in that it gives you distance between yourself the event and your emotional reaction to it.