Wednesday, December 30, 2009
pain
Ok, so my lower back is out again because I had to shovel snow during the blizzard. Pain, who needs it? Our Advil, who art in the medicine cabinet . . . The great psychologist William James had this to say about it: think of pain as somewhere else in the room, not really a part of you. This is wise, I believe. James also asked, "Do we run because we are afraid, or are we afraid because we run?" Great stuff. And he wrote a fantastic book called THE VARIETIES OF RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE. Everyone should read James. He was the brother of the novelist, Henry James, of TURN OF THE SCREW fame.
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Pain is Nature's announcement that we are mortal. It is a taste of what could be. If we feel pain, we are alive. It is an awakening of nerves making them the carriers of the message of life. So, don't curse your pain, instead be glad that you are alive and your body knows it. think of those who feel nothing. Of course this is just Bull S---, get something more powerful that flipp'in Advil for God's sake.
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