Comments on: Pain is inevitable – Suffering optional

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:08:54 +0000

Thanks for the comment Lees, sorry I lost you in the middle…. appreciate the honesty in your message.

FYI, I just put on loud music, because I commented on a post over the infopreneur (www.theinfopreneur.org) that set of a song in my head, and I need to erase it.

By: Lees Shizzle

Lees Shizzle — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 11:01:11 +0000

Great beginning, Nice ending, you lost me in between. Musta been the music in my head.
“Pain is part of life; suffering is optional”
Lee

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:40:17 +0000

Sounds like a good idea Mick – probably something a lot of people would find useful (me included!)

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:38:13 +0000

Thanks for the compliment on the work James! I appreciate you dropping by this blog, and love what your doing at the yours!

You’re a great example of the intent of this post!

Cheers

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:36:12 +0000

Thanks Heather,

You’re right, it is pretty difficult to remain “present” in the here and now…. I think I may follow up with some pieces on tips/strategies for catching yourself drifting off into the what if’s….

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:31:56 +0000

Jeffrey,

Sorry to hear that you have met with your own tragic circumstances. As a firefighter (and now with my son, and the charity work) I know only too well how quickly life can change.

I hope you are able to find the strength to rise to whatever challenges are presented to you.

Please feel free to email me at any stage if you would like to discuss any strategies to assist, and thank you for your very generous comment.

Mick

By: TheInfoPreneur

TheInfoPreneur — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 19:09:06 +0000

Amazing piece of work here brother, fantastic.

Like Heather said you have to live life in the here and now.

To take me back to my military days, pain is suffering or fear leaving the body!

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:00:37 +0000

Staying in the here and now is so important… but also pretty difficult. We’re raised in a society where the majority of people do look back, or look forward, and they worry over it like dogs over a bone.

Not exactly a healthy way to be. I think you’re right, and you do just have to accept that what happened happened, and what will happen will happen, and all you can really control is what you do Right Now.

Besides, life’s too short and painful for all this suffering nonsense.

By: Jeffrey Morgan

Jeffrey Morgan — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:04:24 +0000

Hi Mick,
I’d like to take this time to tell you that I am just one step and I do mean one step behind you. The devastation that was visited on your son, has taken me as one of it’s cruel victims not in a physical sense like your son, but devastating sums it up. As I sit here writing this, I am left to my own devices on how to cope with a fateful day in 2007 that forever changed my life to the point that I will never recover! If the provenience of power were to restore me today, I still would be unable to recover from the impact on the mind!
It is my prayer that you find a place in the hearts and lives of your readers with your message, I take it that you have the understanding that you have touched mine!
God Bless Sir, to you and your family!

By: Mick Morris

Mick Morris — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:21:59 +0000

Thanks Walter,

Habits are hard to break, but living NOW is the only real choice for happiness. Thanks for the comment.