Using Pain For Gain

When your body is aching, or your heart is broken, it can be hard to imagine that any good can come of it.

When you exercise you feel satisfaction, exhilaration and accomplishment on some days. On others, after the initial rush, you feel pain. You don't want to continue to hurt the muscles, but working them gently allows healing to take place without causing severe injury. Eventually the muscles grow stronger for having endured minor injury and stress.

Your heart is an emotional muscle. You cannot "work it out" without extending yourself to another. This opens you up for possible pain. The ultimate goal of the heart is to give and receive love, but as your heart grows stronger, you will often experience pain. Those who treat sports injuries, use the acronym R.I.C.E. This stands for Rest, Ice, Compression and Elevation.

So when your heart is hurting, remember:

Rest: Give yourself the time and space to get away from the situation. Know that you have an injury that must be treated.

Ice: Do not rush to use your heart while it is in this state. Allow the situation to "cool down". When the swelling has gone down, you can more clearly see the nature of the injury.



Compression: Surround your heart with the healing energy of supportive friends and family. Wrap yourself in love.

Elevation: Raise your vibration! Start by grabbing little bits of joy where you can find them. Stack them on top of each other when you have enough. Use them to make steps to climb higher and higher, until you have climbed out of your emotional hole and your heart can feel the rays of the sun.

Pain is never easy, but it gives you the opportunity to grow stronger. You will learn who your true friends are and sometimes find friends you never knew you had. Be gentle with yourself, always, and know that you will survive this pain. It is a gift, wrapped in ugly brown paper, that has the potential to change you life for the better. And you deserve a joyful and amazing life <3 Silas

Jinnzania's side notes: I wrote this blog yesterday with no idea how much I would need to hear these words. Nothing earth shattering, just an old festering wound that needed a good cleaning. As always, I turned to my most trusted friend and spilled my heart out while she listened with compassion, before giving me advice which, as always, was spot on. In my darkest hours I have discovered that I have a multitude of friends who show up like a big goofy marching band and don't leave until I have a smile on my face. For those of you who know my alter ego, she is grateful for all of you. Feeling empowered and getting stronger every day. With a little help from my friends <3