No waxing political today. I’m giving my brain a recovery day and working on my glutes. That said, I have a quote to offer my fellow chronic pain sufferers. Rest assured, before I share, I test the quote’s profundity on a scale that weighs my ability to process the meaning without needing a wellness check. Today’s quote moved the arrow significantly on my cry-o-meter, a device used to identify the type of cry I am excreting: Am I weeping, scream-crying, sobbing? Is sympathy elicited? (not likely) Am I hyperventilatively (new-word) crying? Are they silent tears? Am I whimpering, sniveling, or blubbering? I know, it’s a lot of work. I am 100% invested in only offering you the best quotes.
Before, during and after reading, the arrow spiraled out of control. Here is the quote:
“You gotta resurrect the deep pain within you and give it a place to live that’s not within your body. Let it live in art. Let it live in writing. Let it live in music. Let it be devoured by building brighter connections. Your body is not a coffin for pain to be buried in. Put it somewhere else.”
~Ehime Ora
Of course, through tear-filled eyes, I searched the web for information on the author and found she is current. This quote is not from the days of yore. It’s not ancient Greek doctrine. What? The arrow on my cry-o-meter paused, hovering in the middle in confusion I had to consider my bias. I realized I am a snob to modern day philosophers.
The words incited a reaction, so why does it matter how old the quote is? It does not. I give myself permission to snot-cry. That is by far the most difficult kind of cry to bear witness to.
I let my pain go as I played my harmonica while performing an interpretive dance, and oil painting a novel.
Ehime Ora is an author who can be found on all the social media platforms. Joking aside, she has many words of wisdom to share, and has a new follower in me.
A lot from Lydia 
Nice! Giving her a look
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