The are many times in life when we are reminded of our pain.

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Anniversaries, holidays, and reunions.

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Remembering how we lost loved ones or some trauma we experienced.

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Yet in those memories are always opportunities.

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Opportunities to find a new perspective or develop gratitude for what we have.

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The past is behind us and there is nothing we can do about it.

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And the future is before us and not here yet.

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Being present to what we feel, what we are experiencing right now, is all we have.

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The real question is, what are we going to do with it?

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What are we going to do with the pain and suffering we have experienced in the past?

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How are we going to move forward?

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And how can we use it to empower and improve ourselves?

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Everything is an opportunity to evolve.

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When we can delve deep into our pain and reimagine it in a way that builds us up, we prosper.

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Yes, the losses are real.

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And the whole that loosing a loved one creates can be enormous.

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Yet it is up to us to fill that whole either with our regret or with our love.

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We are still here.

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Our breathe is still with us.

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There is more we can still do.

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As we feel our way through our pain, we can find a way to peace.

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And from peace we can find our way through to joy.

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Of course there are times when it seems like we will never get there.

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Yet life does not bring us anything that we cannot deal with.

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We just have to find the right path forward, the right guide to show us the way, or the right practice that supports us in letting go of the pain.

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All of us have pain within.

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The collective trauma of our history is real.

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And as each of us does our part to heal from that trauma, we support the healing of the collective.

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We all have our part to contribute.

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And as we find our path through our pain, we make a way for others to find their way through their own pain.

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All is connected, all is interrelated.

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That includes our pain, our sadness, our joy and our love.

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Which do you want to focus on?

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Which do you want to build up?

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~ Sam Liebowitz, The Conscious Consultant

Host of The Conscious Consultant Hour