It amazes me how quickly pain can show up and debilitate me. I guess this is part of aging. I evidently lifted something that was too much for my shoulder to handle and it has been crying out. It’s really angry.
The practical me headed to the doctor where I got a referral to a physical therapist and some exercises to do at home. The mystical side of me checked out what Louise Hay had to say about shoulders. I believe in a two pronged approach. Louise Hay says shoulder issues represent our ability to carry out experiences in life joyously. We make life a burden by our attitude. Shoulder pain is related to the feeling that you need to carry the weight of the world on your shoulders. I sure as heck often feel this way, especially after experiencing the loss of my sister. I have felt overburdened by the things I have no control over. Louise suggests affirmations like: “I choose to allow all my experiences to be joyous and loving.” There’s the word “joy” again. It’s been on my mind since Christmas when I spelled it out in twinkly lights and displayed it in my front yard. I think the universe is trying to tell me something, but it doesn’t seem realistic to be joyously skipping through life’s tragedies. How can all of my experiences be joyous and loving? Is there a message in this physical pain I am having that I need to look at differently? What's joyful about an injured shoulder? “Yay, I’m happy I can’t even manage to take a shower and get dressed without pain? Woo hoo it’s fun to try and brush my teeth with my left hand?” This debilitating shoulder thing has made even the simplest tasks seem like climbing a mountain. I feel like telling Louise Hay to go take a hike, using harsh four letter words. Whoa, I really am angry! So I went back and looked at some of the articles I had read about Louise and her take on shoulders and I found this phrase: Sometimes pain just needs to be acknowledged. Yes. I feel this way about both my physical pain and the emotional pain that has been hanging over me. It has been a burden. Thank God the physical therapy has lessened the physical pain to a level that’s bearable. I doubt that my emotional pain can be dealt with so easily but I do believe that acknowledging it is a key and, in accepting that, there is joy.
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