Dear Pain

To Pain, 

Everyday I wake up and I have choices. I can choose joy and happiness, negativity or pain. I'm human and make mistakes which can lead to pain. But that reality is freedom. I love being able to embrace my humanity and choose life. I like being able to learn everyday through lessons that life brings me. I may hate every minute of it in the moment but in the long run i've always come out on top and that's motivating. I've learned that choosing happiness and joy is the best route albeit a difficult choice at times. Bad happens. That's a part of life. How I respond however, is the defining moment in my character and the overall quality of my life. I used to give in. Sitting in perpetual sadness, immobilized by the bad and unpleasant, but as i've grown i've leaned to focus, rise from the pain and loss and treasure life. It's the greatest gift i've been given and God gave it to me for a reason. So I intend to make the most of it. I intend to be a champion at everything I set my mind to. Life isn't about winning or losing, i've come to know its about hard work and overcoming challenges encountered. I have come to embrace pain and learned to harness it as motivation to finish the race. Don't let pain cause you to fear a challenge And something i've recently come to believe as a truth and relied on is that, God understands our suffering and pain and fear and doubt. He's always there to encourage us and help us realize that He is sufficient for all out needs. When I realized this my worrying stopped. And when worry creeps in I just take a moment, and pray and it ceases. So to pain I say thank you. I've grown so much out of it and I'm much happier today because of it. I'm more appreciative for the blessings i've gotten in life and more motivated than ever.