“Pain can change you,
but that doesn’t mean
it has to be a bad change.
Take that pain and
turn it into wisdom.
~Dalai Lama
“To diminish the suffering of pain,
We need to make a crucial distinction
Between pain of pain,
And the pain we create
By our thoughts about the pain.
Fear, anger, guilt, loneliness and helplessness
Are all mental and emotional responses
That can intensify pain.”
~Howard Cutler
“Pain is not wrong.
reacting to pain as wrong initiates
the trance of unworthiness.
The moment we believe something is wrong,
our world shrinks and
we lose ourselves in the effort
to combat the pain.”
~Tara Brach
*painting by W. Holcombe. All rights reserved. Please do not use without permission.
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So very true. I love the painting!
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Wonderful quotes, I especially find the Dalai Lama’s one particular empowering. Thanks for sharing, Wendy! 🙂
Caz xx
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Love all these quotes. It is so true that when I accept the pain it lessens a bit. The more I fight it in my head or focus on it the worse it gets. So true. In my life pain is not wrong. It just is. And I have learned a lot of spiritual lessons over these many years of living with my prickly companion. Not easy or fast lessons, but so worth learning. 😉
Have as peaceful a week as you can have with everything going on. 🙂
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Thank you Rita. You’re right of course, it just is. Getting on the road today.
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Perfect! By the way do you know if you are related to the Holcombe’s of Windsor, CT?
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I don’t know, but I’ll ask my father in law when we get out there. 😊
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Please do , we may be related ! LOl : )
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Reblogged this on Lorraine's frilly freudian slip and commented:
So true. I try to own my pain, not have it own me. Wendy’s painting is the sort to calm and contemplate.
Thanks Wendy for sharing this during your busy and stress-ful time.
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When I was learning to walk again I suffered a lot of pain. A pain therapist at the hospital suggested I made a friend of my pain and use it rather than just let it use me.
I have worked on this over the years..
Pain may not be a friend but it is a constant companion who I have learnt to live with. It very rarely rules me anymore.💜
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I had the same suggestion for me about my Menieres. I don’t fight so much any more. It’s simply a part of who I am, and it will not ruin my life anymore.
xo
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Excellent 💜
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WENDY! That painting is spectacular!!!!!!!
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Thank you very much!! Make me smile big. ..and blush.
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