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Stop Running From Pain, It’s Pointless.
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” -Haruki Murakami
Since the day you were born, mommy made it clear that she didn’t like you when you were angry, in other words, what you felt didn’t matter, as long as you weren’t in a good mood, love wasn’t for you. It’s not her fault, her mother did the same, it’s what she knew to be best. The problem is that since then, you’ve been running from every negative emotion that arises, because… nobody likes a bitter person, instead what you do is suppress and run from every negative emotion the second you start feeling it. But that’s okay because as a result, everybody likes you, you get a lot bunch of fake friends that don’t care about you as much as they care about what you represent to them and a well-paid job, because well, you put your job on top of your emotions; not to mention the nervous tics, the overweight and you not being able to sleep at night. Why can’t you sleep at night? Why can’t you be alone with yourself? is it because, all the things that you’ve been trying to ignore suddenly arise when noise fades? You can get drunk or stoned or binge-watch all the series you want, but you can’t run forever, can you? you can sure try by becoming an alcoholic or a workaholic, but eventually, the pain will get you. Which leads to the question, why run at all?
