The sun sets on another day…
I reveled in the spectacular sunset. Thankful for much, aware of so much more. The sun was welcome and the skies set the world in magnificent motion.
I have had a lot of time to think recently. While I have been thinking I have been considering all of the pain that we experience in our lives.
Most people would immediately jump to the idea of physical pain and how physical pain manifests and affects us as a whole. The depth of physical pain can be beyond belief and often people are overwhelmed by disease and more that saps away the strength and tries to steal the will.
Many people may not consider the depths of the other pain. The mental pains we put ourselves through. The anguish that a person can feel from their interactions with nouns. In this case a noun is a person place or thing. Some people don’t realize that this pain is just as real as physical pain and sometimes more so.
I know this sounds depressing and if it is depressing please bear with me as we get to where I wanted to be to begin with. In the past week and a half I have been faced with significant physical pain. It’s something I wouldn’t wish on anyone but each time I felt the pain try to creep in on me I reached into myself knowing that all pain is transient. I knew that I would find a path to overcome that pain and all I had to do was keep up a positive attitude.
If this sounds stupid to you, I’m sorry but it works well for me. I see both mental and physical pain as having the ability to slowly grind down a person’s defenses until there’s nothing left, or worse convince a person that somehow they deserve the pain. In reality pain is just another part of life that we have to face, and it’s not a very big part. We can strive to overcome pain and strive to be more each day. It is here that I will stay fighting the pain not because of it, but in spite of it. It is here that I will build on the positivity each day that can make me a better person and try to bring others with me. It is here that we all should be. Bringing ourselves up, and anyone we can take along for the ride.
So as the sun sets on another day, I feel pretty darn good. Yeah there might be some pain, but it’s nothing I can’t overcome. Yeah there might be moments that try to take away from me, but I won’t let that happen. I will find a way each and every day, no matter what.
Sleep sweet, love life, and love yourself…