No pain......no________

The saying is no pain no gain......and I believe that for sure.....pain during a workout can land you right where you want to be for results.....but also swimming so deeply in my emotional pain after my ex left, and as my divorce took hold, led me to magical places too.....places where clarity lives and peace....and healing.......and pain may in fact be the most powerful catalyst we have in life....both positively and negatively......however people's pain can cause negative things too, for themselves and other people......and I think when people don't want to face the stuff they need to, they dive into distractions.....either via other people.....or addictions.....tech, or whatever.....because pain can also cause people to lash out and hurt others too.....wounded animals......they can bite......I always feel such deep sympathy when I can see a flash, or a representation of a person's pain manifest......catch a glimpse of what lives within them.....seeing the detriment it causes in their lives, and we all carry pain......that is true.....unless our lives have been really charmed....which even then, I find it hard to believe that somebody doesn't have an ache that lives inside of them about something......and facing that pain helps:) .....realizing that in the feeling of it, it can transform our lives......it is a powerful force.....I see my daughter talk about the pain from her dad leaving.....and she has alchemized so much of it too.....understanding it so completely, and with such maturity.....but her pain spot shows sometimes.....with the depth of her tears.....the wound having its say.....and when we spend time sitting with it.....asking it what we need to learn.....ways we can move beyond.....the pit of pain starts to close some......each and every time.....and it helps us not bleed on others....even people we want to be able to love.......I believe very few folks are malicious or hurtful by choice.....I think it all comes from pain......hurt people, hurt people.....that is a fact....so I suppose the most important work we can do as humans is temper our pain....work through it.....acknowledge it.......let it go........find ways to heal it.....so that it doesn't do anymore destruction by hurting other people......and it has been on my mind this whole week because my muscles hurt so much lol:) But one week in, and seeing the shift has been exciting......I am excited to see 4 weeks from now.....or 8......consistency working its magic.....and the pain in my muscles tells me they are getting stronger again.....and I am facing some other painful things in my life that are showing me that too:) Happy Friday! Enjoy the day:)