Here's another thing: There are certain wounds that never heal, certain hurts that never leave you alone, like a broken bone that heals wrong and always twinges when it's about to rain.

I know that it's easier to look at death than it is to look at pain, because while death is irrevocable, and the grief will lessen in time, pain is too often merely relentless and irreversible.

The pain behind these eyes run deep, I shelter it & keep it within; for these are the scars of my life, not defacing the skin-Elder

Simply put, your pain body is the same thing as your unresolved emotional baggage.

Next time you are in physical pain, pause to ask yourself, "What is the emotion I am suffering with this?

We can be so heavily invested in our tales of sorrow and woe that we have no clue how much repeating that negative story creates the chemistry in our body mind that triggers the physical pain.