What does healing mean to you?

I think healing means forgiveness.   Even if someone else hasn't hurt you I always find there is an element of self-forgiveness.  Healing has been a huge part of the last year of my life.  I was diagnosed with a chronic illness and 3 months later my ex-husband left me because I was sick.   To start to heal I had to find a way to (slowly) forgive him.  I also discovered I was angry with myself for even getting sick.  

A huge part of my healing was naturally letting myself forgive other and myself.  I'm not totally there yet but now that I have started to forgive I feel as though I'm starting to heal mentally and even physically.