Filling a cavity
Thursday, March 19th, 2009If a tooth has a cavity, putting plastic on top of the cavity won’t fix the problem. The tooth will continue to ache and rot, and eventually the tooth will die.
To fix a cavity, you have to drill the hole until you’ve broken through all the decay, clean the hole thoroughly and only then fill it with plastic.
If you’re avoiding someone, or making someone wrong, consider that’s a cavity. To repair the relationship, don’t just plaster something nice on top of what’s already there. Get through all the decay and sort through all the guck- how you’ve been being a jerk, how you’ve been making them wrong, the stupid reason you’ve been harbouring about why you did what you did, etc. Be really straight with them, and create the space for a new friendship or the next stage in a friendship, with solid foundations.
