January 22, 2021
As age sets in. And it does for everyone. As it sets in so does pain. Each day feels a little different but it’s still part of life’s wave and way. Through pain management I’m usually pretty good at keeping the process under control. Until it begins to infect dreams. How is that possible? I’ve always been told there’s no pain in what we see and experience through dreams. Which is why we can fall off huge mountains and buildings and come out uninjured. I had to look into it. Do we feel our physical pain while dreaming? Research shows that nothing’s been proven except for what’s experienced during REM. The story explains that the chance of there being pain in a dream might be associated with what’s being felt while waking up. Not while sleeping. As we age body aches tend to heighten with everybody and every body. We push our systems beyond normal limits. This includes the amazing amount of hours spent binge watching the flat screen or sitting behind the computer during remote working or learning. We are hurting! Because of meditation, ice, heat and frequency music I’m able to move with the pain. Meaning Tylenol and Advil are my go to. Frequency music plays a huge role in healing because it unlocks the deeper core of thinking. You can easily locate this on YouTube. A daily diet with frequency music enables the body to grow beyond the presence of being stalled in bouts of pain. The attempt to understand pain is an angle that doctors can’t even explain. A Native American Medicine Man once said to me, “Doctors practice medicine.” Practice. That’s all I needed. While there’s really no cure for aging and the pains that arrive with it, the mission is to manage it. To make the right choices while steering this ship in multitudes of direction. In doing so we must always be aware of how a simple twist can create a new pain. Look at how we use the word in our everyday language. My father used to call me a pain in the ass. As a child I thought his butt hurt. People speak of having a broken heart. That’s what I formulated in my imagination. Broken hearts with shattered shards of love on an invisible floor. I’m not an expert with pain but I live with it. Always see a professional. When it hits it’s always like a storm. When it finally moves through me it’s my Carolina sunrise. As we move through this Covid lockdown know your mind plays games with the rest of you. If it feels trapped and misunderstood then it’s going to use pain to remind you how tough it thinks things are. I write a lot. Writing is a healers. Be honest with yourself. Getting junk out of your trunk keeps the weight of life off your back. We can do this. Growing beyond pain.