{"id":4517,"date":"2019-08-31T11:03:09","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T09:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/?p=4517"},"modified":"2021-09-22T17:29:39","modified_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:29:39","slug":"does-time-heal-all-wounds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/2019\/08\/does-time-heal-all-wounds\/","title":{"rendered":"Does time heal all wounds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are few people who never experience a period when life hurts. One piece of advice these people often get is that they should \u2018give it time\u2019. And for this month&#8217;s blog I wondered whether this is true.<\/p>\n<p>The question \u2018does time heal all wounds?\u2019 can be asked in two ways. The first one is whether time heals <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> wounds. I recently met several people who showed huge resilience in a dark period in their life. And who could say after a (long) period of time: I managed to put it behind me; I&#8217;m moving on.<\/p>\n<p>But I still don&#8217;t think that time heals <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">all<\/span> wounds. There is sadness that can never be overcome. You shouldn&#8217;t advise people affected by this to \u2018give it time\u2019, but you have surround them with love.<\/p>\n<p>The second way of asking the question is whether it is <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">time<\/span> that heals. This of course depends on whether the cause of the wound still exists. Because if this cause hasn&#8217;t been solved yet, time only works against you. \u2018Give it time\u2019 is then the worst advice you can give.<\/p>\n<p>But also if the cause of the wound is gone and the challenge is to recover, it&#8217;s not really <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">time<\/span> doing the work. As in this time you can also ignore the pain and run away from it, lose yourself in anger with the person who you believe caused the wound, or wallow in your victimisation. Whether a wound heals depends on what you do with the time. Only if you take the time to acknowledge and feel the pain and to reflect what this period teaches you about yourself, can a cure be possible.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not time that heals wounds, it&#8217;s attention. And attention takes time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-7146 size-thumbnail alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars-150x145.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars-45x45.jpg 45w, https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Annemarie-Mars.jpg 803w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m Annemarie Mars: speaker, author and advisor on change.<\/p>\n<p>It is my job to get people thinking about the way they give room, direction and guidance to organizations in motion. So that they can look for the essential conversation to change together.<\/p>\n<p>Want to know more about my (online) presentations? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forachange.nl\/en\/services\/presentations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here.<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/19373739@N02\/8628799410\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;bird-4&#8221;<\/a>\u00a0by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/19373739@N02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">christopher.d.heald<\/a>\u00a0is licensed under\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/2.0\/?ref=ccsearch&amp;atype=rich\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">CC BY-SA 2.0<\/a><\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are few people who never experience a period when life hurts. 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