Pain, Pained, Plain Pain, Sane? Insane? Gain?

The saying goes NO PAIN, NO GAIN. It is quite a popular statement if I may say so. However, it is better said than actually experienced. After all, what are you gaining? What is the prize? How can you see beyond when there is a burning inside and all you want is for it to end? How can you be so hopeful when all you feel is a pain so strong that it feels as if there are millions of little cannibals all over your body, the size of a tic, stabbing away as if tenderizing meat before the feast? How can a person be content with a phrase like this? How is it possible to actually say this to someone who is suffering from great pain, insane pain, and expect that someone to feel some sort of relief; expect that with a simple saying all the pain will go away?

To your disappointment, I do not have the answer, for the pain is grand and the answers are scarce. I was told that I have to learn to live with this pain. Despite believing that I have learned to hide my pain from others, I do not accept this. When you look at me you think that all is well because of the smile on my face or because of the simple fact that you do not hear me moaning or groaning. In this case, who is gaining? I believe that the winner in this situation is the other person who does not have to worry nor does not even have to bother asking whether you are better. This person, the winner, can go on living as if everything is alright; the way it is supposed to be. Therefore, the person in pain needs to deal with his disabilities all by himself and pretend that all is well. Not really pretend, I think the best verb here would be hide. In the end, all is well, that ends well. Now, isn’t that another good saying to dwell on?

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( Written on June 14, 2012)
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