I had a toothache this past Saturday night. The kind of toothache that kept me up most of the night trying everything I could to make the pain stop - peroxide rinse, orajel, distraction, pounding the walls (like that could help) until it got so bad I had to take some strong medicine. So strong it knocked me out and I missed Church Sunday morning.
Although the medicine made the pain go away temporarily, my filling is still broken, and until I fix it (which I will, as much as I hate the dentist) I will have to deal with pain.
When we are hurting we have to get to the root of the problem. Distraction won't work. Pacifying yourself won't work. Lashing out won't work. Sooner or later you will have to face it and fix it. It takes courage to admit that we are in pain. We often try hard to bear it. We say we're strong and we show it on the outside, but on the inside it's tearing us apart. That's no way to live.
Pain is okay. Pain is how we know there is something wrong. Whether it's physical, mental, spiritual or emotional, make sure you take the necessary steps to take care of yourself and get help to fix what is hurting you. Life isn't supposed to hurt.
Face it and fix it.
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