Pain

We all feel it. We all experience it but why are we so quick to run from it? To avoid it?

For so long pain has been something negative, something that no one wants to experience. But when we do, don't we come out stronger? Isnt strength what we are constantly searching for? Strength to move on with our lives, strength to do better in life, strength to be a better person.

Im not suggesting that we search out pain but rather to stop tip toeing around situations or people that MAY cause us pain. Sometimes taking a leap of faith could end in pain but it may be the greatest reward. Some of the most magnificent things happen when we take that leap.

Sure, the unknown is scary and yes, you can continue to avoid pain and run from it but the strongest people have the most painful stories. Stories of loss, heartbreak, failures. These stories though make us who we are. They shape the world that we live in and how we see it. So do we really want to run from pain or do we want to experience pain. Let yourself feel the pain of loss, heartbreak and failures, to really feel it, because without it our appreciation for the better or best may be diminished.

Because I know pain::
I am happy.
I am proud.