Numbing

Numbing can be a good strategy sometimes, right? Every serious surgery uses it. Getting to the root of a problem is usually very painful. But how can we practice a local numbing, one that doesn't put us to sleep but one that isolates the problem, allows us to dig deeper and repair? How can we allow our sense of feeling to return slowly, enough so that we understand an important correction has been made, enough to appreciate what it might feel like to be healed?

I certainly don't know, but I'm hoping this beer will help.