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Do you believe in life after pain?

12/13/2015

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I'm curious to ask...do you believe in life after pain? If you had asked me that question after my injury and in the beginning years...my response would not have been suitable to repeat nor to have in print...I had a sharp tongue response. 

If you ask me now...do I believe in a life after pain...my response is still sharp...but it's a resounding "HELL YEAH"!! I do. Yes I still have days when I'm hurting hard and my mind has me in a trap...and I'm wondering if I'm strong enough for this...but I still believe in life after pain. We can live beyond our pain.

So...what does life after pain mean to you? What do you consider to be "life worthy"? Give it some thought okay? 
What I thought meant "a life" before my pain, included being able to work, to earn money, to provide for and care for my family, to be able to do what I wanted when I wanted and how I wanted to do it. Life meant being active, being social, and many other things too. And then my injury happened...and my thoughts on life after pain went in the toilet.

I'll be honest...I never thought it was possible...but now over ten years later, my thoughts have changed. What I considered "a life" back then is not what I consider "a life" now. I realized it's not about the work or the money, it's about the connections I have...to those I love, to the connection and relationship I have with myself, it's about the little things in life that make me smile and feel good. It's about the things that make you laugh till you pee your pants. It's about the moments and memories that you cherish and the people who made them with you. It's all about the little things. That's life. (In my opinion anyway)

Do you believe in life after pain? What does "life" mean to you"? And are you living that life? If you're not... what are you going to do about it so you can be? 

There is life after our illness and pain but it's up to us to define that life and to live it to the best of our abilities each and every day. ​

take good care of you eh? and go live your life! it's the only one you're going to get
Tammy
1 Comment
Carol
4/11/2016 09:20:42 pm

I think the shift in your "life of pain" happens when you move from denial and anger into acceptance. It took me a while to get to where I am right now. I had a crisis... Tests for my liver came back elevated and it was discovered I had lesions... Benign, but I didn't know that for about a week. During that week, I came face-to-face with the question "what if I'm dying?" I discovered after all the times I cried in pain that I wish I were dead... That when faced with that possibility, I really wanted to live. I consciously choose life. How many people do that? That brief moment in time has changed my life. My life is now about living, the pain is donething I have, it is not who I am 😇

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