Perhaps the Most Poignant Uses for the Pain We Hold Deep Inside – Step 7

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“But if I can go through what I went through, if I can still live and go through that pain for life on earth to change for the best, let it be.” – Immacullee Ilibagiza ( 1972 – ) Rwandan-Tutsi survivor & author on the price of pain

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Please name a character trait which you use to help deal with a “great pain” in your life, lately.

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How has pain helped you grow in your own life?

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Pain – Three Days Grace (3:27)

Ms. Ilibagiza on Horror & Faith to CNN (3:06)
S. African Transvaal Naturescape Meditation (13:00)

Analysis: The Purpose of Suffering

Pain often opens doors to transformation. It Works, How & Why reminds us how shared suffering breeds compassion. We stop judging others. Instead, we recognize their deep internal agony. Twelve Steps and Twelve Traditions views pain as the required price for a new life. This suffering yields true humility.

Humility heals our deepest wounds. Furthermore, Immaculée Ilibagiza demonstrates how profound anguish can drive positive global change. A Higher Power turns our private sorrow into purposeful strength. Likewise, Wellbriety teachings emphasize the sacred value of our past struggles. “Our pain becomes the medicine for someone else’s healing” (White Bison, 2002, p. 142). Empathy replaces judgment. We walk toward lasting peace together.

References

Ilibagiza, I. (2006). Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust. Hay House.

White Bison. (2002). The Red Road to Wellbriety. White Bison, Inc.

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Citas, Títulos y Referencias

TAL VEZ LOS USOS MÁS CONMOVEDORES PARA EL DOLOR QUE LLEVAMOS DENTRO – PASO 7

“Cuando vemos a alguien actuar guiado por un defecto sobre el cual nosotros mismos hemos actuado, sentimos compasión en lugar de juzgar, porque sabemos exactamente cuánto dolor causa ese comportamiento.” “Nos sonreímos ante nuestras ilusiones de perfección y seguimos caminando.” (Funciona: Cómo y Por Qué, p. 48)

“En cada caso, el dolor había sido el precio de admisión a una nueva vida. Pero este precio de entrada había comprado más de lo que esperábamos. Trajo una medida de humildad, la cual pronto descubrimos que sanaba el dolor.” (Doce Pasos y Doce Tradiciones, p. 75)

IMMACULÉE ILIBAGIZA –

“Pero si puedo pasar por lo que pasé, si aún puedo vivir y pasar por ese dolor para que la vida en la tierra cambie para bien, que así sea.”

— Immaculée Ilibagiza (1972 – ), superviviente tutsi ruandesa y autora

Análisis

El dolor a menudo abre puertas a la transformación. Funciona: Cómo y Por Qué nos recuerda cómo el sufrimiento compartido engendra compasión. Dejamos de juzgar a los demás. En su lugar, reconocemos su profundo dolor interno. Doce Pasos y Doce Tradiciones considera el dolor como el precio requerido para una nueva vida. Este sufrimiento produce una verdadera humildad.

La humildad sana nuestras heridas más profundas. Además, Immaculée Ilibagiza demuestra cómo el dolor profundo puede impulsar un cambio global positivo. Un Poder Superior convierte nuestra pena privada en una fuerza con propósito. Del mismo modo, las enseñanzas de Wellbriety enfatizan el valor sagrado de nuestras luchas pasadas. “Nuestro dolor se convierte en la medicina para la sanación de otra persona” (White Bison, 2002, p. 142). La empatía reemplaza al juicio. Caminamos juntos hacia una paz duradera.

Pregunta Concluyente

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Comments

8 responses to “Perhaps the Most Poignant Uses for the Pain We Hold Deep Inside – Step 7”

  1. Mink Avatar
    Mink

    Being an addict was extremely painful. That pain motivated me to want to change.

  2. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Pain teaches me that which I would choose not to repeat.

  3. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    Endurance, perseverance would be the character trait… the commitment to remain steadfast under pressure

  4. Elexi W.S.A. Avatar

    To heal deep pain I tend to use my good hearted kindness of carin’ for others. No I may care about nothin’ or no one more than me(moi), but still I do prefer to show care for others, because life is important. Some people may not think theirs or other’s life is important, but life really is. Carin’ for me first, and others makes things easier that go wrong, to cope with. Pain from addiction, and other stuff can be intense, but we can’t let it over power us to not wanna see another day. If I weren’t a beautiful individual I don’t think my life would be of much importance. To be apart of all that racism, gender biasin’ , and other follies in recovery would be absolutely dangerous. To heal our own wounds we have to think correct contrite thoughts. I sit and wonder at times why I’m the one for my treatment who has to feel bad when I’m a good individual, and not a setback. I’ve disappeared to people sometimes, because I don’t fit into the binary. Makein’ positive changes is where the true good karma is, to get me(moi) through another way.

  5. Mink Avatar
    Mink

    Pain is so important for improving as a person. I have definitely experienced a lot of pain throughout my life and while I do believe that a lot of it is had a negative or even traumatic effect on me, it still shaped me into who I am.earning to grow from pain instrumental to my recovery.

  6. Neyun Uzdlabayoh Avatar
    Neyun Uzdlabayoh

    Please name a character trait which you use to help deal with a “great pain” in your life, lately.

    My ever positive outlook, the glass is half full attitude I swear I was born with lol . . and my faith and inner knowing/ intuition im on the right path, even through pain, loneliness or grief and suffering, gives me peace . If I surrender to flow, and endure and work towards positive solutions and soothing activities and thoughts, I end up knowing the sun will shine again ~ and be even that much more beautiful ~

  7. E-Dawg Avatar
    E-Dawg

    For me I want to say acceptance but that’s probably only 50% of the character trait …I think resilience would be 100%… I do accept the fact that the situation already happened and I can’t change that… I accept that it was 100% of fault of Southern California edison. But God giving me the resilience to walk through this pain is 100% of the character trait… Being grateful to God that I was able to escape the fire that Dreadful morning with no warning is another character trait so I would say resilience and gratefulness…

  8. Sabrina J Avatar
    Sabrina J

    Pain is a great teacher. OUCH! I don’t want to do that again. Can I learn from this moment and not repeat it? The experiences from my relapse are still raw and something that do not need to be repeated, nor experienced. It was very traumatic and disappointing. Worst perhaps of all was that living it, was like watching a car crash in slow motion. I knew, every step of the way, what was going to happen next. What a catastrophe.

    The lessons of that pain will live with me and be a powerful reminder of what happens when I am not living honestly, and not working a program. For that I am grateful to have survived this, and each day recognize a little bit more that we can recover, we can heal and we can avoid the paid.

    Thank you for sharing recovery with me. Grateful.

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