So, the longer I live with aches and pains as part of life, the more I think it's normal. For years, as far back as Adam and Eve, people have lived with adversity. I often wonder if Adam and Eve had any aches and pains....other than working the fields and BIRTH! I mean their bodies were not born but created by a heavenly parent. I suspect their bodies were perfect in make unlike today where we have all sorts of maladies. But I digress......
Aches and pains have been a part of my life for as long as I can remember. There have been lots of ideas for "solutions" to these present day maladies but how does one depict the good solutions from the crazy? Besides deciding one makes sense over another, there are feelings that can keep us motivated when it seems like a "solution" isn't working. Sometimes even this is just a waste of time but we think we are moving forward in our quest for relief so everything seems to work out ok.
Now let's look at the other side. The, what makes our pain worse, side. Again we see lots of suggestions but which ones are real? Sometimes it's easy to decide when something makes us feel worse because we are doubled over in pain and there is no doubt where it came from. Other times we think back to try to remember which foods we ate recently, what activities could have contributed or which choices we have been told would cause such mind numbing suffering. Sometimes we even know the culprit but continue to doubt because it's easier than admitting we can't eat chocolate anymore. These are the times we can ask the question, "Does this "need" for this item/activity come from an addiction or is it just my stupidity(pride)?"
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