splinters...

If a splinter is left in your foot...

you'll walk around limping

you'll walk around and it'll always hurt when you walk on a spot...

and soon enough that spot seems to have harder skin around it...

it's trying to stop you from hurting whenever you walk on that spot

problem is...

there's no skin thick enough to stop the little sharp thing under your skin from poking you...

each time you step on it... it still hurts...

and the hurt we have in our hearts...

are splinters...

and will always hurt...

until we remove them once and for all...


Epilogue:

I write this because last night I had to remove a splinter in my foot. I'd lived with a few little sharp bits in my toe for a few weeks.

Weeks ago I'd removed most of the splinter. Thinking that tiny bits in there would be ok... I left it alone.

Painful mistake. I ended up not being able to put pressure on that particular spot.

The spot even developed callouses.

I started to wonder "was this just a corn perhaps?"

Last night I trimmed the extra skin to discover that perhaps it was the original splinters.

Finally last night I got to the core and my intuition said "take it out."

Think my toe feels much better now.


Is this a lesson?
Follow our instincts, our intuition?