Ashley Judd Instagram – Part I: Living Peacefully with Chronic Pain
Our physical pain is invisible to those around us. Yet our insides are full to the brim with a relentless experience and heightened awareness of the pain inhabiting our bodies. How do we live with some ease, grace, an even temperament, & maintain (some?) happiness while enduring pain no one can see or medication barely touches?
In this three part series, I share what I have and am learning about chronic pain. For me, it’s an intractable migraine, which comes once every 1.5 years or so, and sometimes lasts for months. This headache bloomed 23 May. Let’s explore this together, sharing what helps (and at times, giving others grace, and sharing what doesn’t help. I have to teach people how I need to be treated, which can be so annoying! Shouldn’t they just know?!).
This three part conversation I’ll be sharing over the next few days is about the place of spiritual practice while abiding pain: Life is not always fair. Life is good. “God suffers with me.” “God is in me like butter is in milk.” I am grateful for these teachings from Fr Richard Rorh, and James Finley, both of the Center for Action and Contemplation. Who teaches you?
#chronicpain #chronicillness | Posted on 20/Jul/2024 03:04:08
