Vanishing Act

I am thankful for a few things as we wake up this morning.  We were able to have a reasonable night’s sleep and were not awoken by anything crashing down onto our roof.  I had stayed up a long time to try to ensure I went to bed tired.  We are not out of the woods totally yet, but it is great that the winds are less.  I feel like give it 24 hours and assess then.  But so far so good it seems.
I did get the usual email from James Clear and it was one thing in there that stuck a chord with me. “What you push down doesn’t vanish. It festers and wields quiet power over your thoughts and actions.  What needs to be addressed that isn’t currently being addressed?”
I like to liken such things as not treating a wound.  When I work in the garden sometimes it can just happen that I get a skin lesion somehow.  I know it is important I clean the wound, disinfect it and look after the area, monitoring it.  If I do not, then the wound has the potential of getting ugly and causing all sorts of undesirable outcomes.
I reckon that is similar to what James is saying.  So often it seems easy to dismiss something that may have hurt and wounded me.  If I do not deal with it in the right way it festers.  The longer I leave it the worse it gets.
I reckon at a personal and mental level, such things can negatively effect my thoughts and actions.  I end up saying and doing things that are not good for me or anyone else.  To me it is way better to deal with something when it happens.  It may mean short term pain for long term gain.
But even if I do not deal with something in a timely manner it matters it is dealt with.  The outcome of undealt with things has the potential to ballon out of all proportion.  For me, where possible, it is better to deal with something early and move on rather than having some past hurt negatively effect, even unconsciously, my actions down the track.