Do not run from yourself.

 

                                                 

If you feel things deeply, if the world has weathered

you, if you are going through something that is 

uncomfortable or painful, or hard- you often have

to decide between allowing yourself to numb their

experience of the world. A lot of human beings tell

themselves that it is all too much, that is all too

inconvenient, to deal with the depth of their

circumstance. And it is often not their fault. In a

world that has given us so many ways to kill our

pain-- through television, or prescriptions , or the

sensationalizing of being cool and favorable over

being inquisitive, and authentic, it is almost a 

subconscious thing we do. We try to protect

ourselves from pain, but if I have learned one thing 

this year, it is that pain demands to be felt. It will

show up in other ways if we do not deal with it.

So, the greatest thing you can do when you are

dealing with pain, or hardship, or change, or 

opposition-- is to feel it. Please, do not run from

your feeling. Run towards it. Run within yourself.

Meditate. Get to know your mind, your heart, your

soul. Trace your fingers over your wounds. Get to 

know the parts of yourself that you have hidden

from the light. Heal yourself from the inside.