How to begin healing when the ache still lingers.
Some aches stay quietly inside you.
They often appear when you’re just beginning to wonder how to begin healing.
Not because you chose them.
But because no one ever asked if you wanted to carry them.
They hide under busyness.
Disguise themselves as strength.
And whisper when everything else is quiet.
Healing doesn’t always begin with relief.
Sometimes, it begins
by listening to what still hurts.
Why Listening to Your Pain Matters
Pain that isn’t acknowledged doesn’t disappear.
It lingers.
Quiet. Unspoken.
And sometimes,
that silence becomes the ache itself.
The truth is, how to begin healing doesn’t always look like breakthrough.
It may not be tidy. Or obvious.
Sometimes, it’s just a noticing—
a quiet breath that says, you’re allowed to feel this.
When you give your pain a place to sit,
you give yourself a place to breathe.
Try This Gentle Practice
Write a letter to the part of you that still aches.
Not to fix it.
Not to make it go away.
Just to let it speak.
You don’t even have to finish.
Even a few words are enough.
Even the silence between them counts.
One Last Thought
Sometimes, healing begins
the moment we stop pretending
it doesn’t still hurt.
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