Daily Gratitude: It pays to commit this concept to memory and then to apply it. We feel physical pain yes. But most of the time we compound the physical pain by adding on the pain emotional pain. The worry,
The regret, the disappointment, the despair, etc. As a result, we feel even worse. It’s how we interpret and judge things that exacerbate them. The good part of this, though, is that because the “add-on” pain is something we create, we can control it too! Broke your leg? It probably won’t hurt much (physically) a few days after it’s set or operated on. But what if you’re going to have to miss a big race or a trip to walk the Camino or hike or whatever? There is great sadness and disappointment there. Those emotions will cause pain and they will piggyback onto the physical pain so that you can’t tell the difference. This, when the physical pain dissolves, you won’t even know it because it was so intertwined with the emotional pain. Take some time to separate the two. Allow yourself to feel disappointment but say “only for x amount of time: then I’m done with the negative stuff and making plans for when I get back”. It really will change your outlook on things and on life.