Thursday, November 12, 2026
So often, nothing is all it takes to cure. To cure means to relieve, but it can also mean, in a chemical sense, to bind together – like epoxies and glue. If, for example, you wanted to restore a broken bone, you’d set it and allow it to mend. So the cure, if you will, would be to leave it. To relieve sickness or to restore something back to health would be to convalesce or to leave it.
To convalesce is from Latin convalescere, from con- “altogether” + valescere “grow strong.” Often, what we do does not restore but add to injury. Insult to injury is like picking on a sore. If you want relief you leave it. If you insult or assault the injury, it gets more inflamed.
Uncouple from festering and meddlesome ways. Restoration is unforced. Must we “do something?” You could do a lot by being quiet. You could restore and bring healing to the world if you didn’t work so hard to do something.
Don’t just stand there – do something! Beware of that bait and switch invitation!
If we leave it, it will mend (or die). It will take its course. Relationships heal, either by parting ways or by the two finding their way back to each other. No coaxing or begging. The spirit guides, gently. Hardships smooth. Storms calm. Shortfalls become windfalls. Outrage simmers. Financial losses stabilize. Pressure equalizes.
Airplanes fly themselves, believe it or not. If you find yourself grappling with the controls, it’s advisable to let go of “the stick.” Same with playing a musical instrument. Usually the problem is too much control, effort, and the application of force. Good practice is the lessening of force.
Finesse is learning “how little” it takes.
Trust the healing.
Often, nothing is all it takes to restore what only seems broken or “out of control.”