My son recently
had a quick trip to Urgent Care. It was
a really bad time for him to have to go there, all of our schedules had to
change, it was very inconvenient. But
the reason he had to go was due to a pain in his abdomen. As it turned out, it was a very simple
solution and could be resolved easily.
But, what if he
wouldn’t have had the pain; it would have gotten worse until something really
bad happened. The pain was an indication
that something must be done.
Also true with
emotional pain. When you cover up
emotional pain with drugs or alcohol, or watching TV, going to movies or
playing on the internet…..in an effort to avoid the pain…..well, you are just
allowing the “wound” to fester and become infected. You must address the issue as soon as
possible or it will just make things worse.
Emotions control
your thinking, behavior and actions, including your physical body. Emotions that are not felt and released but
buried within the body can cause serious illness, including cancer, arthritis,
and many types of chronic illnesses.
Negative emotions such as fear, anxiety, negativity, frustration and
depression cause chemical reactions in your body that are very different from
the chemicals released when you feel positive emotions such as happy, content,
loved, accepted.
What does all of
this mean? Face the pain and deal with
the underlying cause, don’t ignore.
Seventy years are given to us!
Some even live to eighty. But even the best years are filled with pain and
trouble; soon they disappear, and we fly away.
Dear Lord, give me the strength to face the pain of my
life. I want to face it head-on, not
avoid the pain.
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