How long does healing take?

Healing can take a long time. But healing does not begin until the source of the wound is removed. Whilst the thorn remains, the wound persists. What is the thorn? My illusion that any one of God's creatures, including myself, is at all flawed or separate from me. They may be asleep and engaged in dreams of flaw and separation. But, as in dreams, nothing is really happening. If I condemn, I too am asleep and dreaming. And dreams are always solitary, which explains the sense of separation. My spirit and their spirit have always been and will always be safe and joined with each other and with God. Forgiveness is waking up to this reality. The thorn can be removed today, and then healing can truly begin.