[Daily OM]: Pain comes and it goes. It is just
one component to the grand cycle of life. And when experienced as such,
pain can serve as an important teacher. It is when we get stuck in our
pain that it becomes detrimental to our well-being and development. If
you notice that you feel closed-off, resentful, heavy-hearted, or that
you try very hard to avoid being hurt again, there may be a part of you
that is still stuck in pain.
We can get stuck in our pain for many reasons. As children, it was
natural for us to cry, throw a tantrum, and let the experience move
through us. By fully feeling our pain in this way, our emotions would
wash us clean, leaving us open and available to new experiences.
With
age, though, we might have determined that expressing emotion was no
longer appropriate, and so we developed a variety of coping strategies
to deal with our discomfort. We may have learned to stuff our feelings
down or to run away from them...<<<Read The Full Article Here>>>...