The Marine drill instructor says “Pain is fear leaving you body”. Pain is also the resistance to change. We avoid change because of fear. If we can see every situation that appears to be a setback and assign the new meaning of “this is an opportunity”, and look for the opportunity in the situation, then we will have to experience a lot less pain. And let’s even use the words growth and progress when we are faced with change. Perhaps a challenge or a new adventure since most will say those are fun and not painful. I and many others have taken some seemingly awful happenings and used them to springboard forward.
