Ah no not another Pimple!

Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know.  This is a very true statement.  We may from time to time try to fool ourselves into thinking that this is not so and that if we forget about something, or "put it out of our head", then the consequences will just be forgotten.  But life has a way of dealing with matters such as this and the hard reality it teaches us, is that we need to learn the full story and get the full picture, before we can think to move on particularly from a situation, which keeps rearing its head.  I hate the analogy (but I suppose that it does create a clear picture) of a pimple that is squeezed, but not everything comes out of it and thus it forms a new head, which if not removed, will stay for that much longer.  Firstly, if we try to remove it when the head has not yet formed, we actually do a lot of scarring, but we never get to the root of the issue.  We sometimes have to wait for a circumstance to be fully visible, or understandable before we can do something about it, because by then we probably have the whole picture and we can then take hold of the entire situation and begin to deal with it.  We can put warm water on the pimple, we can clean it and then we wait for the right time, when its head is ready.  I know that it presents a terribly ugly picture (but life is no easy place) but once we have opened it and removed it, there a real feeling of relief and it is like a huge burden, or pressure has been lifted.  We also know that the wound will bleed for some time depending on where it is and pain may accompany the process.  But we need to see it for what it is and that is a healing process, which is beginning and the opportunity for real learning to take place.  Only then, will we truly know that the lesson has been learnt and we realise within a few days, that this thing that was bothering us so much has disappeared from our lives.  Healing takes place quicker than we think when we are in the right place and life continues at its usual pace without letting up or worrying about the pimple we may have just had.  We sometimes have to be patient as we wait for the "head to form", but it will be worthwhile because we will then truly know the meaning of peace and happiness because we will have removed the obstacle for once and for good.