Healing the puzzle

"Fragmented" by Annalogue75 © 2024 via Creative Fabrica Spark™

You are not broken

You are a mysterious puzzle 

To me healing is an ongoing process. It's never about finding a cure from being broken, ill, or sick - it's about putting the randomly scattered pieces together so life becomes good again.

When you're completely healed, your past, people and events in it, everything, are valued and appreciated parts of you. There's no blame, guilt, negative feelings, or regrets - it all comes together in a good way, and you can look back at your life and feel grateful for it, for lessons learned and experiences.

Then one is truly healed.

"Pieces of me" by Annalogue75 © 2024 via Creative Fabrica Spark™

For most people that kind of complete healing never happens. But if or when, or how much or how little, doesn't mean one is healed for good. Every day creates another little piece that needs to fit in, and sometimes other pieces need to be rearranged again to do that. It's a work in progress.

THAT'S what I mean whenever I say that you got healing to do - you have pieces to put together and you need to do that work. And now is as good a time as any, with other changes happening and new pieces taking shape, it is always a good time.

"Pieces of mind" by Annalogue75 © 2024 via Creative Fabrica Spark™

So no, you're not broken or sick, ill, or damaged beyond repair - you're a beautiful piece of art made from life, constantly improving, in motion, ever-changing. Most of the time it's both a comforting and reassuring thought, but it can also be slightly unsettling in times of chaos and big changes. 

"I'm not broken" by Annalogue75 © 2024 via Creative Fabrica Spark™

A long time ago, or so it feels, I decided to try to write poetry based on prompts. It's a technique that leads the thought and creativity in a certain direction, but leaves the full interpretation and application to the writer. One of the prompts I ended up using had to do with pieces of one's heart, and my interpretation and poem seems to smoothly fit into this narrative:

Original poetry by Annalogue75 © 2023 from a series based on predefined prompts. First published on Instagram in 2023.

The point I'm trying to make is that we are always complete and yet fragmented individuals - and this is a good thing that evolves us and move us forward in life. Though it can feel scary at times it always leads to a good and positive outcome if we let the process take its course.

Trust the process and it will all fall into place eventually.

/Annalogue75 

- Crossposted to Medium™ -