What is it
that causes you the most pain? Is it a
past mistake the continues to haunt you?
Is it a physical ailment that is chronic, and wears you down? Is it the loss of a loved one that leaves a
hole in your heart that cannot be filled... a broken relationship, where your
heart has been broken and you cannot seem to find anything that can mend
it? Or, Is it yourself? The constant beating up of yourself for not
doing, being or achieving what you think you should...
Our pain comes
from different places....different experiences.
It sits at all kinds of levels that can change minute to minute, day to
day. Some of our pain can be so big...
Imagine a large
hole that has been dug into the ground. It is a place that you go to when you feel
pain, hurt, alone, abandoned, sad, frustrated, angry, disappointed, distant,
desperate...It can provide extreme relief and comfort.
Everyone’s
hole is unique. Some may be empty...a
punishment hole with no way out, it is dark, cold and scary, and at the same
time extremely comfortable and welcome. Others may have a hole where they go to
get away. They feel comfortable there,
they cannot be hurt by anyone, they cannot make any mistakes here, they can’t
say the wrong thing, no one can judge them here. Here they do not have to be
someone they are not. They can just sit with themselves...with their sadness, their
pain and their brokenness...
I have
realized over the past few years that no matter what my pain level is, or has
been, there are ALWAYS many examples of greater pain brought to my
attention. It could come in the form of
a conversation, a physical interaction, a friend of a friend, the TV, or even a
face-book story.
It is in
these moments where I step away from myself and step into their pain, their sadness,
their loss, their hole. Within hours of
this interaction, I have come out of my own hole willingly, for my pain has
been lifted. To feel the pain of another
is a blessing. It enables us to understand
our own pain better... Climb out of our own hole.
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