This year I am sincerely thankful for the pains in life. It’s just like in yoga – pain causes joints to pop and release, which results in healing and new life for my body parts. Pains of life are much the same. Loss of loved ones, loved ones in Iraq, the pain of losing everything and ending up homeless and starting over, recuperating from surgery or chemo,etc. all cause our hearts, minds, and bodies to pop and release and take us to a new dimension. Many times the only way to true peace is through pain. You can’t feel healing if you’ve never felt pain. Those of you that are in pain on this holiday, whether it be pain of heart or body, rest today. Wait in anticipation for the healing to begin. Be thankful for the pain, for it is a pathway to new and different and better times ahead.
Hug your children, kiss your spouse, wave to your neighbor, give a warm coat or a hot meal, and be content just where you are today.
And so, as another holiday goes by, in spite of the pain of loss, I am content and thankful right where I am today in this life, and…I have written.
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