Many of us don't like hard times in life. We hope and long for
times of ease, pleasure and comfort. We do not like pressure or tension. We
hate pain and discomfort. This of course is understandable because of the
suffering and distress induced by pain physically and psychologically. As
mankind we naturally love to be comfortable.
But for us to grow and develop as humans in a society, we must
cease to see pain from the perspective of hurt and discomfort alone, we must
begin to see pain from the dimension of transformation and purpose.
There is a purpose for every pain as every pain carries within
itself the capacity to transform and change you so as to grow you. No matter
how much you hate it and can't handle it, pain is an essential aspect of human
life.
Individuals who have learnt and understood pain as a necessary
part of human development, growth and progress have actually conquered the fear
of pain. These are people who take very high risks without fear of pain and
have subsequently conquered the world to a large extent. We call them the
advanced nations of the world.
The very many people and nations that hate pain, resist pain or
avoid pain ironically experience the worst kind of pain owing to poverty, lack,
sicknesses, disease and premature deaths.
Pain is defined as a highly unpleasant physical sensation or
mental suffering caused by injury or illness. As humans, we suffer both
physical and mental injuries; we do suffer at both dimensions. The unpleasant
nature of pain however, is the main reason many of us avoid it.
But truth be told, as much as we try to avoid pain, we, every
now and again, go through very painful experiences. We suffer both physical and
mental injury quite frequently.
But do you realise God deliberately allows us go through pain in
life because, as a matter of fact, the fear of pain, the fear of suffering, the
desire to protect ourselves from unpleasant painful experiences is basically
the driving force behind creativity?
Imagine a world where everything is perfect, all you need and
want is provided, safety and security guaranteed and you need not hustle or
chase anything to survive, and you need not struggle for anything in life as
all you need in life is provided for, I guarantee you, your brain will lose its
ability to reason creatively. Mankind shall be relegated to the level of lower
animals, mankind, though a superior being, will become indifferent to
everything around.
As we inhabit this earth and cohabit in this life, the presence
and possibility of pain and suffering is what triggers our minds to come up
with solutions and escape from pain and hurt.
All man made things, all inventions are aimed at making life
easier, better and more comfortable for mankind. Everything created by man is to
reduce the suffering and hardship mankind goes through in this life. Creativity
is simply the ability to come up with solutions to situations. It's about
coming up with better ways of doing things and in this case, “better”, means
less stressful ways of achieving greater results in life.
We build houses to protect us and our properties from the
possible pain caused by the elements of the sun, wind and rain if they hit us
directly and even predators who will want to take away what's ours. We invent
cars to make mobility and travel less stressful, we invent clothes for
protection, covering and comfort; we invent computers and phones to make
contacts, communication and interaction easier. Every profession, every course
studied at the university is established to invent and enhance quality
solutions in various aspects of human endeavour, be it health care,
engineering, agriculture, technology, you name it. The aim of every discipline
is creativity, and the purpose of creativity is problem solving and solving a
problem is basically taking away the distress, suffering, discomfort and pain
caused by that problem.
Therefore pain should not be looked at from the stand point of
impact on man but from the stand point of purpose for man. That is the way you
can actually make good use of your pain.
Ladies and gentlemen we all go through pain and you may probably
be going through one right now. A wrong reaction to your pain is self-pity. A
wrong reaction to your pain is self-blame. A wrong reaction to your pain is
blaming others. A wrong reaction to your pain is blaming the society. A wrong
reaction to your pain is blaming your past. A wrong reaction to your pain is
fear. A wrong reaction to your pain is panic. A wrong reaction to your pain is
hopelessness. A wrong reaction to your pain is vengeance. A wrong reaction to
your pain is giving up.
When you go through pain, your pain has a message. Every pain
has a message, instead of crying and complaining and wallowing in that pain,
pay attention to the message.
The pain of a headache is a message that something is wrong in
your body. The pain in your stomach is a message that something is not right in
your tummy. When you feel these pains, you just don't keep languishing and
lamenting and blaming, you take in the message and address what could be wrong
in your body.
Every pain carries a message, the message explains the purpose
of the pain. Dear friend, what is the message of the pain you're experiencing
right now?
Dear friends, one of the most severe pains in this world is the
pain of child birth. The pain of labour carries a message that it is time to
bring forth a new life. It says it is time for a child to be born.
Why is pain necessary in the bringing forth of a new child if I
may ask? Can't child birth be painless? Must it come with so much pain? What
exactly is the purpose of labour pain? I would tell you. The intensity of pain
you feel and endure in creating or birthing anything will to a large extent
determine how much value you'd attach or place on whatever you've brought
forth.
Whatever is delivered cheaply will be treated cheaply. I believe
the primary purpose of labour pain is for mankind to attach the required value
and worth to childbirth and procreation.
When, especially mothers remember or think of the pain of
birthing their babies, they love, value and appreciate that child and give that
child the uttermost love, care, attention and protection.
For any woman to birth a baby she must conceive, she must take
in, she must be pregnant. When it is time for her to bring forth her baby, pain
tells her it is time. Labour pangs tell her it's time to birth her baby. If she
focuses on the effect of the pain and ignores the message of the pain she could
lose the child or even her own life.
Ladies and gentlemen, all humans have the capacity to bring
forth. We are designed by God to be fruitful, we are expected to multiply, we
are wired to replenish. All of us by nature can conceive, all of us by design
can bring forth.
As humans especially Africans, we pay too much attention to
bringing forth our physical children and we forget that all of us could get
mentally pregnant.
Many years ago, through what you saw and heard in life, you
conceived something in your mind; you became pregnant with a dream. You
conceived and began to carry that dream, and you daily nurtured the dream and
the dream began to grow day by day in your mental womb.
Unfortunately, due to social distractions and easier choices,
many of us forgot all about our pregnant minds; our mental babies. Though we
occasionally remember, we tend to relegate it based on seeming survival
priorities. It's called social and financial security.
Dear friend, are you currently going through so much pain in
life? Are you suffering severely in your finances, your career, your business,
your wellbeing and your quality of life? Your biggest error is to see the pain
as just pain forgetting every pain carries a message.
If today you're going through hard times and things are perhaps
very difficult, this pain perhaps, is your labour pain, it's time for you to
bring forth your brain child. Through pain you bring forth your womb child and
through pain you bring forth your brain child.
The only solution to physical labour pain is to deliver the
child in the womb. The only solution to mental labour pain is to bring forth
the child in the brain – your brain child. If you don't, the child would die
and you may lose your mental womb and may never be able to conceive again
mentally.
The pain of job loss, the pain of rising prices, the pain of
rising bills, the pain of salary cut, the pain of salaries owed, the pain of
scarcity, the pain of not being able to make ends meet and the pain of economic
hardship constitute your mental labour pain telling you it's time to bring
forth your brain child. What is that great idea you have? Isn't it time you
acted on it?
Dear friend, it's time to build a life independent of your socio
economic environment. Its time you build a life where you determine your own
income. Its time you embrace a scope where you earn income beyond the shores of
your country. Its time you become unlimited by your immediate environment. Your
dream is your brain child. Your ideas are the children in your mental womb. Let
this pain push you to bring forth that dream and ideas conceived long ago.
Don't let them die, bring them forth now. Dear friend, pain is common to all,
endure your own pain as the price for success in birthing your dreams and ideas
and not the punishment for failure and indifference in life. The labour pains
are real and here, come on bring forth your brain child.
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