I have unwittingly and unwillingly become an emotional flashpoint. That's made me an audience for other people's pain.

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.

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.

The best people all have some kind of scar.