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JANUARY 5

PEACE

SPIRITUAL BALANCE

“Music is the silence between the notes.”

Claude Debussy

If it’s true that the silence between the notes creates music, then perhaps the periods when I feel my pain create the periods of peace I also enjoy. All human beings deal with pain. The contrast between the high and the low—pain and no pain or less pain—is what helps me appreciate the music of my life. It’s easy to just focus on the pain, but I must remember to focus on the peace in between the pain.

Pain lets me know I am alive. At times I may not be prepared to feel my pain, but I know its existence serves a necessary purpose. My automatic reactions and my emotional state affect how I feel my pain. If I can change my reactions and learn to identify and accept my emotions, pain will continue to serve its proper purpose.

I must accept my pain, but it must not become my master. Pain can be part of my life, but I cannot allow it to become my whole existence. My pain can motivate me to help others who suffer. When I help others, the voice of my pain becomes fainter. Its whisper, however, remains a part of my very being.

Pain is like a rainy day; although it can bring me sadness, rain is necessary in order to nourish and nurture the flowers that bring me joy. So does my pain nourish my spirit, even though it too brings sadness; however, it makes my experience of life complete. I embrace my pain and continue to seek the many colors of life’s rainbow.

Meditations for Pain Recovery

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