I’m sorry Fuzzybear. I truly wish I could send my T to your forest. He is kind and gentle and doesn’t judge.

Several years ago I cut my thumb badly while chopping vegetables for dinner. I washed it, put medicine on it and bandaged it. It was pretty serious and should have had stitches but I didn’t have health insurance or the means to pay for a doctor. Anyway, it was a really deep wound and I did my best to keep it clean and protected so that it could heal. Not being a doctor that’s about the best you can do right? Guess what? No matter how much I cleaned, cared for and bandaged it my thumb was still sensitive! I learned just how important thumbs are... by how many “simple” things HURT not to mention harder things!

Why would our emotional self be any different? We do our best to clean out the wounds and protect ourselves but we are still wounded and we are not doctors. Is my heart, my feelings, my soul any less valuable, vital or important than my thumb?

So, in my not so humble opinion... of course we are sensitive and rightly so! We are protecting sensitive wounds that are trying to heal!