Hello, dear Reader, and welcome to this free (in every sense of the word) American blog, written by just another regular human being, much like yourself in many ways I'm sure.
Pain hurts.
Well, this body is over 50 years old and has been distracted by the normal rigamarole of the aches and pains that come with the territory. I did one load of laundry *yesterday, but woke up today with significant pain in my left shoulder (and, in fact, am still unable to lift it above my head). Fortunately, preliminary x-rays reveal osteoarthritis; blood tests ruled out a third cardiac event (which is fantastic!)
It's a deep, though very basic, lesson that I tried to share with a small child, many years ago, when he was interacting with a friend's large dog but in a way that needed to be gentler, so I told him that "pain hurts" in an attempt to help him understand the consequences of rougher behavior with others, including creatures. It may seem a laughably-obvious statement, and, maybe it is; but he seemed to get it, and today, facing some mild pain of my own, I'm reminded of the lesson, having it return to me today. Pain hurts.
That includes all kinds of pain: physical, yes, but psychological, emotional, et cetera. No matter what kind of pain you or I deal with, it has this in common: it hurts.
I found this and - of course! - it had to be mine:
That's about it for now! I'm tired and my shoulder's killing me - thank you for stopping by and spending precious moments of your life here.
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