“I Hate You Chronic Pain!”

There are some days in this way of life one just has to speak the ugly side of truth. It’s isn’t always pretty. I sometimes believe after the many years I’ve been writing this blog, some of my readers think I’m Little Mary Sunshine ; I assure you, I am not. We often find ourselves in one particularly pitiable state I like to call, “My life is worse than your life.” It’s only human of us to feel that way but it is most definitely a dead end road but a path we occasionally drive down. Life is hard enough for the jolly and the totally healthy but for those of us who face pain each day of our lives, usually in different parts of our bodies at the same time, life can throw us a pitch that hits us right in the eye. I often want to shout at life, “Why don’t you pick on someone your own size?” Yes, it’s true. I talk to myself and the air around me a great deal. I find it helps. Exhale all those nasty thoughts; don’t keep them in to fester and poison your life and attitude. I learned long ago the circumstances of life cannot always be changed by me, physically and actually, but the attitude and emotion I allow it to rob from me is the true key. I cannot give all the bad circumstances in my body and my life power over me. I do confess there are days life pushes me a bit too hard and I would love to have a punching bag. My hands would suffer far more than the punching bag; I just have to avoid not using my poor dear husband or any other human as a verbal punchi...
Source: Life with Chronic Pain - Category: Other Conditions Authors: Tags: Pain Management chronic pain and emotional health chronic pain and forgiveness Source Type: blogs