One day at a time

"Hang on in there," Lawrence said empathetically. "Time heals all wounds."

It sounds good, but it is not true. Time heals nothing.

I remember vividly a time in my youth when I was hurting...time only magnified the pain. Days and weeks went by, and the agony hung on. The hurting won't go away, no matter what the calendar said.

Fast forward to me in my forties. I understand now that happiness is not living without pain or hurt - not at all. True happiness is learning how to live one day at a time, in spite of all the sorrow and pain.