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The most important thing that you must remember as you wrestle with the onslaught of pain is that it is usually temporary. Even if the pain is caused by something like the death of a loved one, your strength to manage it will increase as you face it. Pain struts onto the center stage of your life and tells you that you will never love again, trust again, be happy again or be the same again. Remind your pain that you are the author of your destiny. It has a role to play, but it won’t be the star of your life’s show!

The only way to direct the show of your life is to get a vision for your pain. You cannot allow pain to come into your life without determining that it will somehow benefit you. You must decide to find opportunity in everything! If you are in financial pain due to poor decisions, and now face the effects of negative credit and the shame of poor financial management, you can either hang your head down or you can get up, get a budget and get about the business of restoring your life. It will take time and effort, but you can do it. If you have lost a loved one, don’t dishonor their memory by shutting others out. Instead, spread the love and the lessons given to you by sharing with others.

Discipline is required to see the fulfillment of vision. Focusing on the bigger picture helps you to push beyond the current pain. I once worked with a personal fitness trainer. Having exhausted all my excuses as to why I couldn’t fit my clothes, I had to face reality. My clothes weren’t shrinking — I was expanding. On Mondays and Wednesdays, I disliked my trainer — not because of the person, but because of his mission. He pushed me beyond my limits — actually beyond my perceived limits. He forced me to dig deeper and discover strength and muscles that I didn’t even know existed. It hurt, but I saw results. You will see results if you don’t give in to the pain. There is more to you than you’ve discovered and the only way it will be revealed is through adversity. But the strength and power are there — the challenge only exposes who you really are!

Blur

Without my glasses,

It’s all a blur.

Things are fuzzy and I can’t really see.

I can see dimly,

And some things I can associate with,

But still I cannot truly see.

Colors have lost their sharpness,

As life has lost its clarity.

I want to make sense of some things,

Some feelings, some emotions.

Everything runs together,

Because without my glasses

I can’t really appreciate the beauty of a print

Woven by love.

I can’t really see what I’m looking at,

Everything is a strain.

Lord, be my glasses.

Help me to clearly see,

Everything that has become muddied

And blurred by pain.