Not magnifying a hurt

One of the things I have to own is my tendency to magnify a hurt.  When an arrow has been fired at me, its important to remove the arrow.  I find myself questioning why someone wanted to be such a “£$$%% to fire the arrow in the first place, then I go through all the possible things I could have done to have attract the said arrow, then I cry and get angry, maybe rage about the arrow/arrow thrower.  Lately its occurring to me that I could just take the arrow out.  There would be a scar or a tear, for what pierces us always leaves an effect but eventually the pain would stop.

Maybe I will never know why I got in the way of that arrow.  Maybe I don’t need to.  Maybe I will never find out why the arrow thrower wanted to fire that arrow.  It was probably their destiny to…