i used to believe that biting your tongue was a sign of maturity, but i realized that a true sign of growth and maturity is being able to vocalize your feelings in an appropriate manner even if you are angry. Holding your tongue just fosters unexpressed feelings that lead to issues in the future. Say what you gotta say!
This is Jonathan the tortoise, the oldest known living land animal in the world. He hatched in 1832 and is now 190 years old. Here is a picture of him, on the right, from 1886.
A beautiful part in healing is the discovery of how valuable you are. It doesn’t mean you are discovering new value about yourself. It means, the things that distracted you from knowing how valuable you’ve always been, no longer take up so much space. Again, that’s healing.