Chronic pain causes tens of thousands of people a year to lose their jobs, and severely deteriorates quality of life, most the time, for the rest of their life. I myself lost pretty much everything after the pain became severe enough. I was incredibly depressed through it all, but a strange and wonderful thing happened to me after everything I had was all gone that helped me be grateful for all of it. My depression and anxiety is much easier to deal with now, and I feel a greater level of inner peace. I decided to be grateful for having it all to lose in the first place. I had lost sight of the gratitude when I had it all, but realised it when it was gone. I received the gift of having it all, And in the losing Recieved the gift of being grateful for it all again, and the wisdom to be more mindful, and grateful of the things that come my way in the future. Also in not holding on to anything, I let go of depression, anxiety, stress, self doubt, and fear of the unknown future. The unknown has now become an epic adventure to explore every corner of it until I can witness no more. The pain isn't going away, so I might as well accept it, and bring it a long. At least I won't have the added suffering of trying to fight it forever unsuccessfully. . . . . . . . . . . . #enlightenment #chronicpainawareness #chronicpain #survive #dealingwithchronicpain #motivation #motivate #gratitudeattitude #gratitude #gratefulforthestruggle #gratefulforthejourney #thankyourteachers #givethanks #discoveringtheunexpectedblessingsallaroundus #innerpeace #love #kindness #selfforgiveness #selfawareness #peaceintheparoxysm https://www.instagram.com/p/BxXZ4KxBRpm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=nwrztq1oqigg
