Belief Cysts

A dozen or so years back I had a sports-related injury; I wrecked my knee one sunny spring day.

Being a young man I didn't bother going to the doctor. I walked funny for about a month but the pain faded only to come up 4 or 5 times a year when I was walking up stairs.

A couple of years ago I thought (duhh) it would be a smart move to check it out; to make sure that the knee wouldn't become a problem in future so I went to the doctor who sent me for an MRI.

All I can say is imagine being slid into a washing machine that's playing German Deathmetal at 140db....

Long story short, there is a small scar that is being shielded by a 'cyst'. So the scar is unable to fully heal because its covered over by a protective shell..

Interesting...that led me to think about how many psychological scars each of us has that is covered over by some sort of protective shell. Further, the paradoxical nature of a protective shell that actually perpetuates the injury...

It brings to mind the phrase, "Nursing a hurt..." which ironically is the same as picking a scab so the injury will never actually heal.

If you took a moment and wrote down some of the 'belief cysts' that protect some old emotional injuries from healing, you might begin to wonder what exactly the benefit is in keeping these pains alive...

And you might choose to let some of them go because they're not useful anymore.