Tag: back pain

A few items you think about when you have an injury

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pain-3009613_960_720After hurting my back recently in an impressive sports injury, I had a lot of time to think.

Most of my pondering was about important topics such as why bad things only happen to me and what the Avengers will do next, but a few were focused on items that you think about when you have an injury.

I am sharing a few of the thoughts here in order to see if you share any similar questions or epiphanies when you have a sore back, sprained ankle or painful ouchie. Continue reading “A few items you think about when you have an injury” →

Life lesson 17: Trying to impress people often leads to pain that is slow to wane

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As the youngest child in my family while growing up, I often tried to prove myself to my siblings and parents.

Now that I am older and more mature, that trait has only grown stronger and I still find myself taking on various challenges to impress them.

So when I heard recently that a pine tree had blown down in my mom’s yard, I knew that I would need to be the one to remove it. My sister suggested getting someone to cut it up and take away the wood, but I was confident that I could just drag the tree back into the woods. Continue reading “Life lesson 17: Trying to impress people often leads to pain that is slow to wane” →