HEALING OR CURE?

A Cure is a "fix",
Remediation.
The symptoms are treated
To the point where they are no longer apparent
And the patient is regarded as "cured".
But what about the dysfunctionality that gave rise to the disease?
That may continue to lurk
Unhealed.

Healing is "wholling" --
Making Whole.
Re-integrating that which got separated.

A Cure is change;
Healing is transformation.

I've just had bypass surgery.
Problem cured.
But healing the years of dis-ease-making habits
Like stress, anxiety, frustration, anger,
And the things I did to overcome them.....
That is something else altogether.

Without healing,
Cures are only apparent
And temporary

A condition can be cured without healing taking place,
Often leading to recurrence of the symptoms,
Or the emergence of more serious ones.

Similarly, Healing does not always lead to a cure.
Some dis-eases turn out to be irreversible,
But, even without a cure,
Healing can happen.
Nevertheless.