Tonight I was sitting on a bench in the front of my house. This bench was horribly uncomfortable, it hurt my back and my bottom. I continued to sit on the bench even though it was uncomfortable and causing me pain. I pondered on this for a bit, why exactly was I still doing something that was not working and causing me pain. I realize that I am not the only one who does this, many people continue to do things that are painful and not working. The longer I sat, the pain did start to ease up a bit. I thought "Ha, I won!" Then, I realized that the pain was really still there, it had just become more tolerable because I was adjusting to it. I thought to myself, should I really have to adjust to something that causes me pain? We all do this to some magnitude in our lives, we adjust and just deal with it. I do not think this is the way to a happy, fulfilling life. We deserve better than that! We should not just walk around suffering, when there is absolutely no reason to. I think we have the idea of strength all wrong. Strength is not about suffering through life, Strength is having the courage to know when it is time to move on. We are strongest when we stop fighting the pain and give in to the resistance; allowing positive change to occur.
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