How Do you Overcome the Pain That Comes Into Your Life?

@msedge (4011)
United States
August 28, 2008 1:13pm CST
Hard times are inevitable--death, financial struggle, family problems, the loss of a job, depression--all of these tough times are just seasons. Abraham Lincoln once said, "This too shall pass," and you can apply it to both the good times and the bad. The thrill of a new relationship won't endure forever, just as the grief of losing a loved one won't either. So endure the hardships of life, knowing that time will eventually heal your wounds and you will make it through. Think about what struggles have occurred in your life and what they taught you. No matter how dim the light at the end of the tunnel seems, it is still a light. Each day is an opportunity for that light of hope to get closer and closer, until eventually the clouds above your head part and you feel the forgotten sunshine on you again. Overcoming pain makes you stronger and better equipped to handle the next valley.
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• United States
28 Aug 08
you are exactly right everything i have been through in life has got me where i am today happily married with 2 kids. when pain comes at me in life i tend to not let it bother me and just find the positive in it.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Right
@clarkmy (428)
• China
28 Aug 08
read your passage impressed me a lot,because i am throughing the suffering.i think everyone has a lot of troubles and pains in our life,just you said it is inevitable.but we must make a plan to prevent such mood.it will affect our live,our work,here some advise.firstly ,you may choose exercise,set aside at least an hour each day or every other day to release pressure,your body needs to be conditioned,when you exercise over ,you will find yourself become better.secondly.sleep,make it a point to get to sleep,receive plenty of rest,don't think everything,thirdly,you can choose a close people who you are trust,tell her por he ,,,,consider he or she is a well..you can cry,can smile....in a word ,choose a way that you can release last ,you had better not choose smoking or drinking ,,that is too bad
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• Canada
28 Aug 08
Great insight. When I go through a hard time or a friend goes through one, I always live by this saying: Life throws you curve balls and it's up to you to learn how to catch them and throw them back. I feel life is full of lessons and we have to learn how to pass that hurdle in life, learn from it and use that knowledge in the future. Life is too short to dwell over a hard time. Work hard and get over it so you can live happily.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Yes life is full of trials that makes learn alot of lessons also.But it would help us stregthen whatever is needed in the future.
@alpram96 (95)
• United States
29 Aug 08
I agree, pain doesn't last forever, but when you are in the midst of a crisis it isdifficult to see the ligt at the end of the tunnel. I believe that it is imporatant to have a strong social system.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
You are both true! manyhats, i also agree with you that prayer is the most important but we should do it whole heartedly.
• United States
29 Aug 08
All good stuff. I think of a lot of us go through one thing and then the next. We find ourselves at times overwhelming from the layers of things that we have gone through. Then we get burned out, frustrated, depressed, etc. I have learned that it helps to know the signs. When you feel yourselve going down that path. Stop and evaluate it and give yourself "pamper me" days this can be as simple as a promised nap, half-day off work just for you to go to the movies, sleeping in, taking a short getaway, a treat at a restaurant. But maintenance all along the way is key too: sleep, exercise, as someone else said, but also add stopping negative self-talk when you make a mistake, "I'm so stupid," and don't say yes just for acceptance or someone else's pleasure say no if you don't want to deal with it. When crisis comes (and it will), give yourself permission to have some grief time, but don't stay there shift back to the evalulate/assess, take action, and move on. Last but not least PRAYER is the key to God's ear. Without it nothing else matters.
@dhisaw (304)
• United States
29 Aug 08
Thank you for your wise words. I have been through some rough times in my life like right now. Things just seem to keep happening and that the things dont end or change. Although i know that they do and that hopefully things will change for the better and my husband and i wont lose everything we have. That is what i am hoping. I know if it hasnt been for my mother and her boyfriend we would have already lost alot so i am thankful for them even though i do not like him. So things are hard and maybe they will get better. I sure hope so, but i know that eventually they will. Overcoming pain is not realy that hard for me to do, because of the fact that i just do my best not to think of the pain. i know that can be hard to do, but otherwise i dont know what to do. These pains are things that i wasnt able to prevent and wasnt able to change, hopefully i will be able to change them soon.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Be strong and i know everything will be find soon.Just like what happened to our business now.My hubby is so worried about it.He invested alot of money and was injured by certain person that he trusted to manage it.But i still hope things would be better for us.
• Bahamas
29 Aug 08
My life has never been a bed of roses. Being abandoned by my parents did not hamper me to move on with my life. Living alone, away from my parents and siblings, was excruciating, but I kept the fight. Until I made life through the rains... and storms. In the end, I embraced the rainbow in my midst. But life is truly like a wheel. There is a never-ending strife of trials and tribulations in life. Illness of family member, loss of loved ones, harassment of your boss, name it! Everyone has a different story to tell. The best consolation I remember is that I am not alone. More people suffer worse even worst problems. Mine is just a pinch of what the people experience in other parts of the world. Victims of terrorism, abduction, massive poverty, accidents, heinous crimes and brutalities. I just give a sigh and say - after all, I am still luckier. Just as lucky as you are, aren't you?
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I could say i feel luckier than other people also.I have my own family that supported me all the way.I've been with pain and sufferings also that i thought i couldn't survive but i did.
@SangsTurks (1444)
• India
29 Aug 08
All i think is that God has made a plan for me and that pain/loss is a part of the plan. So i try to be strong and think that whatever God has done to me has a purpose in my life. I definately come out more stronger from any bad situation. Wounds heal with time but it is very necessary to learn from them and apply it in life. life is much easier when you face challenges in life rather than running away from it.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
You are so true!God has every reason whatever happen to our life.But definitely its for our sake.We may not understand it yet druing our sufferings but we could in the future when we know whats good has it brought us.
@spalladino (17891)
• United States
28 Aug 08
This is true. I would not be the person I am today had I not gone through the hard times I did in my past. I also wouldn't be married to my husband because I have learned lessons over the years, like patience and faith, that help me to understand him and to love him.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I agree!I was having a very tough times too and it gives me a lesson that makes my life wonderful now.
@bamakelly (5191)
• United States
28 Aug 08
Hard times and struggles are something that just happen on a daily basis. How we deal with them is a different thing. We can hold a good attitude with it and be thankful for the blessings. It is not easy when something goes wrong. We just need to try our best to work through them and seek a shoulder to lean on. Maybe a husband or family member. That can help sometimes.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Its always nice to have someone you can trust to express your feelings and lend shoulder to cry on.Either its a family member or a friend.
@gne925 (80)
• Philippines
28 Aug 08
I pray a lot. Pray more and more... and talk to people that I dont know like here in mylot... coz I know people like you are more sincere in giving comments and advices than the people around me and know me personally (coz they usually get mad to whoever causes my pain, that instead of I can think of a better solution, I'll just feel bad about the situation).
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Praying is the best relief when we have problems.Its what saved me.I've been through so much pains and i felt so alone carrying the burdens but my faith keep me strong.
• United States
28 Aug 08
Those are some wise words and good insights. Thank you for sharing them. Whenever I am on hard times my theme song seems to be "Move Along" by the All-American Rejects, which seems to me to echo these sentiments. Have you heard it? It is really wise for being a pop song.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I think i had heard it.The lyrics is meaningful.
@metalhalo (599)
• United States
28 Aug 08
I hold that quote close to my heart. It's even on a plaque hanging above my kitchen door! "This too shall pass"...it just doesn't get any more truthful than that. You've taken the words right out of my mouth. Wow! I thought I really was the only one who had such a view on life. It's truely inspiring to hear others like yourself share them also. I've always believed that EVERYTHING happens for a reason..the good and the bad. The good things are to encourage us and keep us moving forward to do even better, while the bad things we endure are to make us question our choices and make us stronger for when the next bad thing takes place. I enjoy my past memories and I love making new ones and just knowing that there's more to look forward is all I need. I cherish my happy moments in life but I also embrace the sad ones...they keep me grounded. A person would truely be naive if all they were blessed with were wonderful moments. It takes the difficult ones to make you realize where your heart stands.
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Yes i agree!I may hate the toughest times that happened on my past but it gave me a wonderful and peaceful life now.It helped me alot of realized things and be a better person.
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• United States
28 Aug 08
if im to the point that i break inside, i usually scream as loud as i can into my pillow, sounds stupid, but it helps me...
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@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
It helps you because whats important is you were able to express yourself in a way you want it to be and screaming was a relief.
@nlcapricorn (1114)
• Philippines
4 Sep 08
I have pain all the pain 3 years ago. Sometimes i will forgot how to differentiate it. But to tell you, all those pains i have had made me a better and strong person as i am now. For all those pains i had able to be as what i am now. How did i do it?Move on! That's all i did. What makes me do that? Because whatever trials the Lord will give you..there is a way that you can escape with it. He has the reasons in everything. PAINS? Just be thankful and learn a lesson and then MOVE ON!
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
You are exactly right!
@syankee525 (6261)
• United States
29 Aug 08
i learn one thing after i got hurt and lost my job. we almost lost our house and couldn't feed the kids. and one christmas i was so depress because we had no money to buy presents for the kids. as i went around to the store with my last few bucks to get milk. i saw this house that cought fire and burned down. so i sat there and i thought to myself man here i am feeling sorry for myself and these poor people just lost everything a day before christmas. there is always someone else who got it way worst then you, no matter how bad it looks there is someone out there got it worst then us. i belive it was robin willaims said we should laugh at ourself, laugh at what is all wrong with us. i will make fun myself and sitituation i am in now. here i am 42 yrs old and my body is bang up, i am looking at another operation on another body part. but i sit there and laugh about it. my wife said this going to be rough you get a operation. i told her yeah but you know what just my knee it could be my back again.. keep your chin up think postive..
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
I admire your positive thoughts of life.Yes we should always thankful that we have better lives than the others.
@sweetyethot (1737)
• China
29 Aug 08
i couldnt agree with you more.thanks for your wise words.as for me, i take misfortune as a gift from God.it can only makes me stronger.as one of the most writers said'misfortune is a good university'.whenever i face misfortune and i feel real pain,i always say to myself'hope for the best,but prepare for the worst’?believe or not,that's my favorite maxim.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Yes God knows whats the best for us.He has the reason for whatever happened to us.
@xphunt3r (244)
• Nepal
29 Aug 08
there are lots pain comes in life. Some comes frequently. Its only depend upon situation how we handle our pain comes in life.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Right
29 Aug 08
Time will take all off me.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
• Philippines
29 Aug 08
Humans are adjustable in his surroundings, pain is normal part in life. Yes overcoming pain can make you stronger everyday. This life in earth is temporary, maybe we know to survive at least the painful human miserable experience.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Yes pain is part of our normal life.We just have to deal with it and move on.
@chatcat (51)
• United States
29 Aug 08
the best way of overcoming pains is letting them pass with the days. Time passes, and everything will be its place where it should be. everything has its own regulations or rules of its moving. what you should do just is waiting ,waiting for everything changes and be steady at last, especially personal problems .Maybe you are painful at first ,but please believe it will be disappear sooner or later. you will not fear when you have this idea in your mind.
@msedge (4011)
• United States
4 Sep 08
Yes, we need to be strong to face the trials in our life.