Your Pain Helps Others

Pain is a fact of life and one that invades all life to some degree. Since the pain we feel may be a part of the experiences that touched us most deeply, we are often reluctant to let it go. It is frequently easier to keep our pain where it can act as a shield sheltering us from others and gives us an identity. However, pain can also empower us to use our it to help others heal. Since no pain is any greater or more profound than any other, what you feel can give you the ability to help bring about the recovery of individuals whose hurts are both similar to and vastly different from your own. You can channel your pain into healing love that aids you in helping individuals on a one-to-one basis and spreading a tide of curative energy throughout the world.

The capacity to heal others evolves naturally within those who are ready to disassociate themselves from their victim identity. In fact, a simple decision to put aside the pain we have is what grants us the strength to ease that pain through service. There are many ways to use the limitations you feel to help others. Your pain gives you a unique insight into the minds of people who have experienced trauma and heartache. You can use the wellspring of strength that allowed you to cope with your pain or emerge on the other side of a painful experience and pass that strength to others still suffering from their wounds. You may be able to council individuals in need by showing them coping methods that have helped you survive. A kinship can develop that allows you to relate more closely with those you are trying to help and comfort.

Your efforts can be a restorative experience that makes your own heart grow stronger. In channeling your pain into compassionate service and watching others successfully recover, you may feel a sense of euphoria that leads to increased feelings of self-worth and optimism. Your courageous decision to reach out to others can be the best way to declare to yourself and the world that your pain didn’t defeat you, and in fact it helped you heal.