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Healing Thoughts

The Pain You Avoid Owns You

“The cure for the pain is in the pain.” — Rumi

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Ryan Puusaari
Jul 15, 2025
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She handed me the plate like nothing had cracked.
No apology, no remorse, just silence
thicker than the stew congealing between us.
I said I was full.
She said nothing.
Again.

I swept the shards up later,
c…

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