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Productivity in spite of the pain is the aim of this strategy. Like Olympic athletes who perform despite their injuries, we must continue to function in the face of our pains. The denial of pain only serves to dilute reality, but a vision for the pain enables us to Thrive! Learn to take your experiences and transform them into wisdom that can be shared with others. Despite your heartache, you must be willing to invest your life in the success of others. Opportunities abound to put this strategy into practice. If you’re feeling lonely, don’t lock yourself in the house with a pint of ice cream and an old movie. Invite someone out to dinner who you know is going through a difficult time. Quiet the raging of your own heart by being a sounding board for someone else. Listening to others’ problems broadens our perspective and lessens the feelings of isolation that we often experience when going through difficult times.

Helping others can take our minds off our own problems and give us a much-needed break. This break is not an escape, but rather a time to refresh that enables us to approach our challenges with renewed vision. Helping others is a proclamation of faith in God’s faithfulness and your resilience. Our emotional stinginess sometimes “blocks our blessings” and the blessings of those around us. We refuse to share our experience_; meanwhile others have gone through or are going through the exact same thing. Serving others sets the stage for our come back. Helping someone is a natural elixir. Give yourself a daily dose. It can start out small, but it will grow. And as you participate in the H.E.A.L.I.N.G.^TM journey of others, it will reassure you of your own strength and purpose.