A Conversation Between Wounds and Wisdom
- Dr. Wil Rodriguez
- Jun 19
- 2 min read
“Some truths don’t scream. They whisper beneath the scar.”
By Dr. Wil Rodríguez
Wound: Why do you keep pretending I don’t exist?
Wisdom: I’m not pretending. I’m listening. Quietly.
Wound: You left me buried.
Wisdom: I left you room to breathe. There’s a difference.
There is a moment — silent, sacred, unsettling — when the wound and the wisdom finally sit across from each other.
It doesn’t happen in therapy.
It doesn’t happen in victory.
It happens when there’s enough stillness for truth to speak from both sides of the pain.
Wounds Speak First
Wound: I bled so you could survive.
Wisdom: I know. And I grew so you wouldn’t have to bleed forever.
Wound: But no one saw me.
Wisdom: I see you now. Fully.
Our wounds do not lie.
They are honest, crude, raw. They do not flatter or negotiate.
They come to remind us where we once fractured… and where we still protect ourselves out of fear.
But wounds are not here to punish.
They are here to point.
To guide.
To interrupt the illusion that we were never hurt, never betrayed, never abandoned.
Then Wisdom Answers
Wisdom: I don’t want to silence you. I want to understand you.
Wound: Then why did you become so strong?
Wisdom: So you wouldn’t have to be scared anymore.
Wisdom is not a dismissive voice.
It is the part of you that still believes healing is possible — even when it’s slow, even when it’s incomplete.
Wisdom doesn’t erase the scar. It simply stops living inside the injury.
It is the part of you that chooses truth over reaction.
Peace over vengeance.
Meaning over denial.
The Most Powerful Healing Doesn’t Come From the Outside
It happens when your wounds stop fighting your wisdom… and your wisdom stops judging your wounds.
Wound: Will I always ache like this?
Wisdom: Maybe. But not as a scream. As a whisper that reminds you what matters.
You don’t have to kill the wound to honor the growth.
You don’t have to delete the pain to activate your peace.
Healing is not a battlefield.
It’s a reunion.
What They Say Together
Wound and Wisdom (in unison): We’re not enemies. We’re chapters. Of the same book. Of the same soul. Of the same becoming.
Final Reflection
You don’t have to be either the wounded child or the wise sage.
You are both.
You are the one who felt it all… and the one who chose to keep going.
You are the one who was broken… and the one who is now building.
Let them talk.
Let them meet.
Let the wound tell the truth.
Let the wisdom decide what to do with it.
✦ CALL TO ACTION
Journal Prompt: What would your wounds say if they knew they were finally safe?
Share: Tag someone who is living between pain and power.
Comment: What has your pain taught you that your peace never could?
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Keywords: emotional healing, inner dialogue, self-awareness, trauma and growth, personal transformation, wisdom and wounds, self-compassion, healing journey, inner peace, self-reflection
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