Think about the times that you’ve changed in your life. Have you ever been able to change by just saying that you want to? It takes real discipline to make a change, and it’s difficult to do; but it’s not impossible. Although, most of the time when we change, there is a catalyst. For some reason, the catalyst of change is usually associated with pain. Why is this?
When something traumatic happens, or anything that we deem extremely painful (emotionally, or physically), it seems to activate something within us. The painful events activate a heightened sense of will, almost as if we start thinking clearly immediately. We are able to perform and focus more passionately than ever before. Pain is the fastest way to streamline change.
The reason that pain is necessary for change is because without pain, we are comfortable. When we are uncomfortable, it’s painful, thus sparking us to change something about ourselves. Further than being uncomfortable, traumatic events spawn a new version of us. This is because when these traumatic events occur, we see the part of life that is in our blind spot. We are forced to face our trauma, and pick ourselves back up from feelings of depression, grief, or anger. This is one of the hardest things to do, which is why change during this time happens so easily. We use the emotions from the pain as the foundation of our journey. Instead of putting them back in our blind spot, they are now our backbone.
