Pain is My Friend

Pain sucks. Physical pain is bearable to the level of your threshold tolerance. Some people can take a punch in the face...others cannot.

Emotional pain is unique. Some people can take being made fun of...others cannot.

Lies, betrayal, deceit, death of a loved one, confusion, insecurity... these are all pain and the degree in which some can bare and others cannot is personal and perceptive.

Emotional pain is my friend. Pain reminds me that when I am comfortable, I stop moving... I stop becomming. Pain tells me to get off my ass and achieve. Pain tells me that the only route to going anywhere is forward. Pain is self defense.

Without pain, without chaos, without distruption there is no you.

Think of most people who take up martial arts or self defense... there most likely had been a physical threat or personal "scare" which lead them to seek learning to protect themselves.

And pain was the catalyst to personal greatness in their training.

Pain is your friend. It tells you that you are alive! Do not fight your pain and do not run from your pain... Anthony Robbins says that we can fight our pain, dance with our pain, or lead our pain...

I agree and I say we should thank our pain, for without it we would be dead.

Dominick Izzo
Izzo Training Systems

www.Izzo-Training.com

www.SelfDefensePower.com