Pain

Its an interesting thing, pain. It serves us well for without it we would do many a stupid thing - or should i say, more a stupid thing.

Pain lets us know we have goofed at something or we have an injury or our heart is breaking and we're in need of repair or at least in need of contemplation or consoling.

And yet, not all pain is bad as we would first tend to think. for instance when leaving those we love for what ever reason, we feel a loneliness, a pain of separation because we are loved.

There are all kinds and flavors of pain and I have recently come to understand and appreciate one of major significance in my own life, that of chronic back pain. It came to me quite suddenly just the other day while trying to get comfortable on the couch after another sleepless night from the same cause. And it came to me oddly that I enjoyed this pain in a way I would not have normally thought, but there I was enjoying it thoroughly.

It occurred to me, that with this stabbing and often violent, tortuous condition I often endure, I also have no shame or self doubt. I can choose to hold back the tears or let them flow without remorse, sadness, regrets or any other negativity of the cause. I can enjoy the sensation for what it is. I can lay about and dream of things I wish to accomplish when the pain subsides. I do not need to report to work or live by the clock, as my own body tells me when and what I can do and yes that is not always or even close to being what the desires of the mind may be however; it is a far better and easier thing to deal with, then the emotional torment I choose not to let others see. At least with the physical pain I am free to be me, with the other, I am a prisoner of me.

A wish for all - be the Light
Sincerely
RG Whyte

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