The essence of pain is that something is broken, not working the way it used to.
It's an ache, a tug, a reminder of a past trauma.
You don't know what it's really like to feel until you've experienced pain,
until you've experienced love, and loss, and joys of life.
It can awaken the senses or numb them.
It can remind you to live in the moment or crush you till you can't breathe.
It can blur the past, darken the present, hold you back from the future.
Or it can help you appreciate the things you are able to do. See the important people in your life and the beauty of the world around you.
