Your reflections about time are very real and grounding. We often rely on the idea that time will magically erase hurt, but you point out something much wiser: healing comes when we learn to coexist with the pain rather than waiting for it to disappear. Time gives us room to breathe, to process, and to understand ourselves differently, but it never rewrites what we have lived through.
What you wrote also reminds us that closure is not delivered by the passing of days; it is something we work toward slowly, in our own way. The past remains part of us, and perhaps that is not a weakness but a reminder that growth and pain can exist together. Thank you for sharing such an honest and clear perspective on something many of us quietly struggle with.