Comments | barley52: yup so say I

barley52

yup so say I

Jun 26, 2008 11:46

It seems like pain is the default in my life right now. It is not like I do not have times where things are enjoyable and fun. Like the solstice party last weekend, or the canoe trip pre Lake Southern Wisconsin, or the times spent with good friends hanging out and eating ...yes...hot dogs...good job busman . All of these things have been most ( Read more... )

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anonymous June 27 2008, 22:03:32 UTC

What happens if you try not fighting it? "What doesn't bend, breaks": it's resistance that drives you mad. The pain can only take your body, maybe some days you have to let it. You are the god of your mind and the pain is NOT there. You can't lose your mind to pain. You can become unconscious or even die from pain, but going mad happens for other causes.

You can go into your mind as into an inviolate shelter, let the storm rage in your body around you, and you can tidy up your room out of pure defiance. If it's all you can do, if it's all the power you have left, it's still your power, you get to keep that one, pain can't take your mind.