Ouch! That hurt, however thanks for the reminder, God. I won’t touch the stove again.
One of my favorite quotes involved, the fact that there is a noticeably clear definition for pain, and it goes like this:
“Pain is simply the way of The Universe telling you that you have not yet learned the lesson.”
That lesson could be the types of relationships you get into and specifically the types of people you are attracted to that in some cases may not be in your best interest from a health and wellness standpoint.
Another lesson could simply be a hangover that you feel in the morning, which is your organism’s way of telling you that it is ill and trying to process toxins.
It could be some text that you sent while you were drunk before you were hung over, those are always fun to see you in the morning, aren’t they? One more thing I don’t miss about me and Tito being lovers is that I don’t have to look at my phone with anxiety in the morning that I did not go drinking and texting the night before or perhaps even drinking and shopping as I recall some really random shit from Amazon showing up and going back and checking my order history and having no recollection of ordering some things. For example, a stuffed “Snuffaluffagus” from Sesame Street once showed up, and about 10 years ago a heated toilet seat and bidet attachment for $500 arrived that did not even fit any of our toilets and was made in Asia.
When you just take out the whole concept of being a victim and appreciate that you were moving through the universe and your experience in your own life and that nothing is happening to you. It changes everything.
That context allows you to breathe and appreciate the experience for what it is and look for any teachings, information, or knowledge that you can take from the experience to carry with you on your journey in this beautiful mystery known as life.
This is not always fun, but it is effective.
Sometimes getting hurt does not seem to have any lesson in it, but often it’s usually don’t do that stupid thing again. However, those experiences can also teach you to suffer with honor and build some emotional, mental, and physical resiliency that makes the inevitable pain you will face later in life a lighter cross to bear.
Pain is your teacher, a strict but effective teacher if you are wise enough to find the way to grow from the experiences that cause you to suffer. Life is really all about growth and your perspective is how you use the pain to promote that growth. How did you change your time on this earth? Did the pain and suffering help mold a better person, or did you miss the lessons and let it break you down?
I have so many opportunities to laugh at myself and enjoy my childlike learning and journey since I quit alcohol and really embraced my faith, spirituality, and the love in my heart.
One of those opportunities was about six months after I had quit alcohol, and I was really starting to operate at a higher frequency and finding a new gear I was recapitulating my life and looking at some of the mini relationships I have had with both men and women since my teenage years. I have had my share of healthy unhealthy relationships and when I look at the unhealthy ones, there is one fact that struck me.
There is only one single denominator amongst every single one of my unhealthy relationships that I was in, and that common factor is me and my ego.
Gulp.
Do you mean, I had something to do with the relationship that I had with the crazy French woman in Southern California? Her being a coke head and a party girl and out of her mind and me choosing to have her move in with me. You are telling me that was somehow my fault? Like I am supposed to be paying attention to what is going on in my life. Why isn’t there someone that can look out for me and just simply take care of these things for me?
I feel like a victim…. Ha just kidding.
Embrace the pain as the greatest teacher you could ever have. It is right in your face, your body, your nervous system, your heart, do not waste the pain by ignoring it or telling yourself you are a victim.
Pain is your friend when you use it as the messenger from God in the universe that is and when you look at it this way you can grit your teeth and bare it with an attitude of gratitude.
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