Sometimes I like to walk, to ease the mind, to escape the world for a bit. The longer I walk the more the pains of life seem to disappear. Its as though your mind becomes easy, relaxed, free to consider happiness.
It is almost impossible in this life not to feel pain. We often let people into our space, bringing in pain with them. It seems really innocent at first, but the more they learn about us, the more the pain seems to increase. Its not just the pain of them hurting us, but its whether we will hurt them.
Most times we want to blame others for our sorrows. But as a famous Jamaican proverbs states, "it takes two hands to clap". It takes two people to create pain, no matter how we want to hide from it. Pain is never good. Although many may try to say there is good pain. That's just crazy. The effect of pain may bring about relief at some point, but the pain itself is never good.
So why do we want to cause pain? Why do we want to hurt each other? These are two questions that are hard to comprehend. Sometimes there is no intention to cause pain, but we are thrown into it. Often times we deliberately "ruffle feathers" to cause pain. We delight in seeing others hurt, considering only what we want.
It could never be desirable to want to live in pain. As we mature we learn that pain makes us bitter, even though it teaches us lessons. Jesus Christ had to suffer pain for us to have salvation. In the midst of his pain, he asked his Father to take away his pain [ "saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done." - Luke 22:42]. But in the end he faced his pain for the greater good of all. So that we who choose to follow him could have our sins forgiven and have the hope of eternity with him.
The example of Christ, teaches us that even in the face of our pain we should turn to God for help. He has a purpose for us all, he can bring peace to our hearts, and leave pain at the doorstep....