Does time heal ? ?

Times Flies. That is the truth. However, the memories and nostalgia it leaves behind are not subject to the enormous evanescence as time itself. Words such as memories, nostalgia, longing, pining, reminiscence, yearning and the like - are used so ordinarily in common parlance. The true meaning of these can only be understood and felt when we experience it especially when we part ways - it can be a strange bundle of mixed feelings, an emotion that is so strongly fueled by several shades and moods of fear, hope, love, gratitude, sadness, affection, confusion, anxiety, doubt, loneliness, and regret. Every event, and person leaves us with a different mix of the said emotions that can be confounding to the human mind.

Farewell's and good-bye's are never easy I suppose. Every farewell can have a different composition of the fore-said emotions that cannot be expressed using words or knowledge of any of the world's languages. As hard as I try to put my finger on that current that runs through one's entire being when one parts from a loved one - it is impossible to precisely explain or define it. Being emotional with loved ones, and being big on human relations does not help this situation either. Whatever, the composition of the emotions - one is heavy at heart. What exactly happens at farewells - Do we want the past to come back, or keep the present as it is, or control the future to conform with the present and the past. Mind blowing isn't it; that's time - so if the whole thing is about time, controlling it, conforming it, reminiscing it, fearing it, and losing it - how can time be a healer?

It saddens my heart to think of enormous pain and hopelessness experienced by people who lost their loved ones in war, accidents, terror attacks, and unforeseen dangers. Try as I may, I will never be able to come up with a comprehensive list of the feelings experienced by these people, leave alone think of any healing measures for them.

They say time and again that time heals - I say time does not heal, it merely conceals those scars. Times of the past come back to haunt, and to cause tears to roll. Times of the present create a great longing for the past and hope for the future. Times of the future - as much as we want to, we cannot control. Time is time, do not try to understand and control it - and happiness is all yours.