Discomfort

Discomfort, difficulty and pain are things in life and I see it as something we must learn to face head on.  Sure, I don’t like pain but sometimes we need to put up with it, get over it and move forward.  I have a lot of pain in my spine in the last year.  Yes, it hurts and I don’t like it.  I do not shrink from putting up with things as I’m teaching my children that it’s part of life.  I’m not unique with the pain as we all have it at times.  I teach my children that there are times to deal with it.  For example, if it’s a hot day and there is work to be done, as a man that cares for his family, I just need to do it.  Feeling sorry for yourself will not make things better.  Sometimes it physical pain and sometimes it’s pain in the heart.  L  We need to keep on keeping on I tell my kids.  Things heal themselves for the most part.  When we hurt our body, in time, it heals and we don’t feel it anymore.  Basically, what I’m saying is pain and discomfort is temporary.  It will pass.  The things that hurt today may not hurt or at least hurt as bad tomorrow and in one years time, it may not hurt at all.  The things that hurt your entire life or the things that are progressive or chronic are still temporary.  I think God allows pain.  Kind of like Job.  Satan had to ask God first and he allowed it.  He gives us the strength to get through it.  He knows.  We cannot be overly sensitive to pain.  That is not to say that we can’t feel it or dislike it but we cannot give into its negativity.  When I was a kid we used to skate and there was this one boy that when he fell he would sit in front of or on the other side of the ramp, crying.  It would drive me crazy.  If you fall and are hurt, scoot over, get out of the way and deal with it.  There is no reason to sit there and mess it all up for the other skaters.  Same with life imo.  Do what you need to do and don’t get caught up focusing on yourself.  No need to sit licking your wounds and self-pity like a beat dog.  God has plan for it even when it’s hard for us to see the big picture.