Pain can tell us...

Pain can tell us things, we might not be able to hear, any other way.
It shows us limitations, what we can or cannot do.
Where our weakness are, and what to do to get past them.
If we allow pain to much power it can change us into people we may not like.
If we don’t listen close enough we can become even more damaged, had we not heard
it’s voice. It can show us who we are and who we are not.
What we do to avoid pain, can be an indication of how much pain we have had.
Pain does not prove bravery, or cowardice no matter the degree. It shows where we are at that moment. What we do w/ that information however shows quite a bit.
Pain is not a licence to hurt others, we never have that right.
Though it can temper us. Make us harder or kinder to others and ourselves.
Pain is not an indication of weakness, in the sense of, because you hurt you are
not as good as another. Once again, it shows us where we are at that moment in time.
Pain tells us to slow down or stop. Pain makes sure we know what is going on in us.
Physical and emotional pain are so much alike. We can be in pain and there is no outward sign of it’s existence. Like it or not pain tells us where we are, and what we can or cannot do.
Weakness can be seen in the way we deal w/ the information.
The problem is when we hurt, others don’t know.
Even when they do know we are hurting, they don’t know the degree.
How we share our pain is important. It may be determine for how long we hurt.
There are always lessons to be learned from pain, we need to learn them.
It’s not that we won’t be hurt again, we will.
But we can learn not to put ourselves in the same positions.
And we can become stronger and more educated.
Everybody is different, what one gleans from something does not mean
another will see the same thing.
That may work for you but, it only makes things worse for me.
Pain can effect how we help and how we let others help us.
Pain can make us very touchy, we need to be aware of that, so others can help us.
And when we can help others w/ that in mind, we don’t just march in and try to fix them.
Is pain my friend, or just companion? Do I embrace pain or shun it’s existence .
How we see pain, what we learn from it, and the manner we share it’s knowledge.
Those are the things that make us up, as people and as a society.
My hope is that none of this hurt.