"Sit With Pain"

"...I want to know if you can sit with
pain, mine or your own, without moving
to hide it, or fade it, or fix it."
Oriah Mountain Dreamer

Pain is a part of our lives, and most of
the time we would rather numb out with
food, drugs, alcohol, shopping, gambling,
or sleeping, than sitting with our pain.

Or perhaps, because we have had pain
inflicted on us, we decide to hide or
avoid situations or relationships that may
risk more pain.

Pain is there as our teacher, if we are
willing to sit with it, and learn the lessons
that are there for us.

If we numb it, ignore it, or even attempt to
fix it, then we will miss the lesson that
pain may bring us.

"We must move into darker places if we
are to find the wisdom we so desperately
need." O.M.D.

Sometimes pain seems too big for us to
deal with on our own, and having a friend
who is willing to just sit with the pain with
us, can help us move through it.

Are you willing to sit with your pain or to
ask a trusted friend to sit with you?

Let Us Pray:
Living, Loving Presence, as we consciously
connect with You, we are grateful that no
matter what circumstances we are in, You
are fully Present. You comfort, lead, guide,
and direct us. With Your Support, we can
be with pain, and we give thanks. Amen.

We are here to sit with you in your pain, as
well as your joy.

Love,
Sandy