This is one of the most profound, eye opening things I have ever read.
From Love Warrior by Glennon Doyle “Marketers need us to believe that our pain is a mistake that can be solved with their product. Feel lonely? Feel sad? Life hard? Drink this, eat this, buy this. It’s certainly not because life can be lonely, sad, or hard. We consume and consume but we can never get enough because you can’t get enough of what you don’t need. The pain is not the poison. The lies about the pain are.”
“You are not supposed to be happy all the time. Life hurts and it’s hard, not because you’re doing it wrong. But because it hurts for everybody. Don’t avoid the pain. You need it. It’s meant for you. Be still with it. Let it come. Let it go. Let it leave you with the fuel you will burn to get your work done on this earth. We either allow ourselves to feel the burn of our own pain or someone we love gets burned by it. Denying your pain does not make it disappear. When we refuse to hold it, we pass it on to the people we love. What is it in a human life that creates bravery, kindness, wisdom & resilience? What if it’s pain? What if it’s the struggle? What if we are taking from people the one thing it takes for them to become? Those who have overcome are the bravest, not those who have had nothing to overcome. Pain & love are places I must be brave enough to visit. I was designed by my creator to not only survive pain & love but to become whole inside of it.”
In reading this I thought: What if pain isn’t something to avoid, but rather, something to sit in. Grow through. Learn from. The pain that I have experienced in my life has always brought me to the most beautiful, peaceful places I’ve ever been. Pain moves me out of places I’ve grown too comfortable in, it pushes me into places I would never take myself. Stop trying to outrun your pain, it’s faster than you. I know it hurts, I know it’s hard but it’s there for a reason. Allow yourself to experience and do what you need to in order to heal from it. Pain is a process sweet friends, but trying to outrun it only prolongs it’s presence. Much love and strength and patience in the pain.
