Face it. Sometimes you wanna quit.
Ever feel like you’ve solved a problem and it pops right up again?
Bob Wieland’s disability is obvious.
But, he doesn’t quit.
Mine is not so obvious. A nerve issue.
Two years ago I had a neuropathy flare-up and I thought, “What else can I do?”
Reminds me of three keys for triggering breakthroughs.
We need them so we don’t lose heart.
My wake-up call reversed my happiness in one split-second.
On a routine afternoon in February 2019, my nervous system shorted out like Daffy Duck.
Neuropathy lit me up like a fireworks show.
Never felt nerve pain like that before.
And it kept going with no end in sight.
I told myself the same thing Daffy did.
“I should have known . . .”
I should have known that when you overload the body, it breaks down.
Two years of wandering through a jungle of nerve pain led to three discoveries about health and happiness.
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All your brain messengers need is a whole lotta love.
In February 2019, I ran into a burning dumpster of nerve pain called neuropathy.
My pain level was a 10, but I was able to bring it to 1 in twelve months.
Would have happened sooner if I knew then what I know now.
Add these simple pain-free habits every day and watch your nerves calm down like a quiet lagoon.
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But you can triumph over pain with five unstoppable solutions.
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If you are suffering from emotional or physical pain, relief is beautifully painted in Andrew Klavan’s autobiography, The Great Good Thing.
Seeing the great good thing doesn’t happen for Klavan until he comes to terms with his childhood pain.
Pain evolved despite the idyllic suburban life of the Great Gatsby neighborhood in Great Neck, NY.
His father was a super star DJ on the most popular drive time radio show in NYC. But, the white picket images of the neighborhood could not mask his father’s rage and his mother’s cold indifference.
Rarely do I read a book I can’t close. But, there are so many gems here, I must share three.
No matter what your emotional pain is, you must never give up on your passion. God made you that way. A great lesson from the book is to follow the story wherever it goes.
“But, a writer to find his voice, must first find himself.” Andrew Klavan
The human heart is story not science.
Story captures the inner life.
Klavan sees therapy and theology as markers for the path.
Some people need therapy before they are well enough to see theology.
Even in the middle of pain, anger and alcohol, Klavan practiced his passion and gift.
He wrote early and often even as he wrestled the demons.
Late one night over a cigarette, scotch and a Mets game, he is ready to end it all.
Exhaling the smoke around his drink, he catches a comment from the announcer.
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