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Principle 6. Pain is a Great Teacher (if I choose to learn).
Last week I watched Olivia Newton-John being interviewed on TV. She was discussing, among other things, her battle with breast cancer. At one point the interviewer asked her how people reacted (around her) when she received the news of her illness. While people responded in a variety of ways, it was a Buddhist monk friend of hers who offered a unique insight and less-than-typical reaction. When they bumped into each other his first words to her were, "congratulations, now you will begin to grow ". What! In a situation where the majority would be offering condolences, sympathy and even tears, the monk was telling Lovely Livvy what a great opportunity for personal growth lay ahead. And while she may not necessarily have shared his enthusiasm or insight initially, the bloke in the kaftan proved to be something of a prophet because that's exactly what happened; she grew. Incredibly. The experience of cancer forced her to grow, learn, unlearn, adapt, develop strength and change from the inside out. As it does with many people. It's a pity some of us wait until we're backed into a corner before we choose to learn and change. ONJ says it was the most important and valuable lesson of her life. She also asserts that she changed, evolved and grew more in a short space of time than she had in the preceding fifty (or so) years.
Victim or Student?
So, do we need to experience pain to learn? No. Is it a great teacher? The best. It can be anyway; if we're teachable and if we let it be. But we must consciously choose to learn rather than be the stereo-typical victim. Too many of those already. We must find the lesson. We must seek personal growth, not sympathy or attention. It can be the beginning of the end, or it can be the beginning of enlightenment, awareness and massive emotional shift. It all depends how we respond; what we do with it. One person will fall, another will soar. Why? Different response. Of course fear plays a big part in what we avoid and what we embrace but remember, situations, circumstances and challenges don't create (or perpetuate) fear, we do. Fear comes from within, not without. Something external might be the catalyst (the trigger) but we are the creator. That's why two people can be confronted with the same challenge - spending time in prison perhaps - and one will slide into a life of crime, violence and periodic incarceration while the other will change his mindset, accept responsibility for past mistakes, embrace new (better) behaviours, make different decisions and subsequently produces a much different result; an amazing life. Why? Because it's not about the situation, it's about the individual's response.
Types of Pain
By the way, when I use the term 'pain' here, I am not (for the most part) speaking of physical pain. I am talking about anything which creates a fear response or makes us uncomfortable; be that mentally, emotionally, socially, spiritually or other. Pain can mean something as significant as dealing with a life-threatening illness or something as minor as resolving an issue with a work colleague - they are both opportunities to learn.
Some Necessary Pain
Just as we can't 'go through the motions' at the gym and expect to see growth or positive change, neither can we do that in life. When does our body change at the gym? When it has to. When we give it a reason to. No discomfort, no change. We get uncomfortable via lifting, running, punching, stretching and so on, and our body's response is to adapt to the 'pain' (physical stress). The net result of that self-inflicted discomfort is greater speed, power, endurance, strength, lower blood pressure, less fat, more muscle and improved overall health and function; all symptoms of personal growth and positive change. All the result of experiencing (not avoiding) a level of (good) pain.
In Search of Pain?
So am I suggesting that we go in search of pain? Nope. What I am suggesting is that what scares us, often teaches us. What I am suggesting is that by confronting our fears - rather than avoiding them like the majority do - we can grow, learn, improve, evolve, develop new skills and experience a shift in our thinking, consciousness and awareness. We'll also produce much better results. Too many of us want the destination (the prize, the reward) without the journey (the work, the pain, the effort). But the irony is that the journey is the prize! People who win a million dollars invariably lose it and learn nothing about creating or maintaining wealth because there has been no pain, no lesson, no growth - just the prize. "Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day, teach him how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime."
Right, I'm off to hurt myself on the Bench Press.
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