3 Ways Successful People Deal With Pain

What doesn’t kill you makes you stronger- Kelly Clarkson

Are you in pain? Good! It means you’re alive.

If you don’t feel pain, you’re either dead or something’s seriously wrong with you. Being numb physically means some of your cells are not doing their job. Being numb emotionally means a part of your brain is not doing its job.

Instead of letting pain stop you, use it to make you better.

Pain used to shut me off. I stop working at the slightest migraine. I curl up and stop when I’m emotionally hurt. I doubt myself at the slightest rejection. But I know it can’t go on if I want to realize my dreams. I won’t go anywhere if I keep pausing because of pain.

No matter what I do, I’ll always end up getting hurt; intentionally or unintentionally. People will hurt me, scattered Legos will unapologetically hurt me, even the sweet chocolate I always loved will hurt me.

“Turn your wounds into wisdom.”

― Oprah Winfrey

So instead of letting pain stop me, I use it to propel me further to what I want to become. Personalities like Oprah, Jim Carrey, Bethany Hamilton, Richard Branson, and other people we look up to have mastered these. So could you.