Mantra For A Really Hard Day

January 20th, 2010 · 6 Comments

This verse is submitted by Nancy, and was an entry in our December contests. Nancy hosts the website Nancy January.

Mantra for a Really Hard Day

Pain does not go to the grave with us.
Where there is Pain, there is Life.
Where there is Life, there is Hope.
Where there is Hope, there is Gratitude.
Where there is Gratitude, there is Joy.
Where there is Joy, Pain has no power.

Thanks to Nancy for a powerful poem.

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Staci // Jan 20, 2010 at 10:09 am

This is my third try to leave a comment, so if it’s a repeat i apologize.

What an absolutely beautiful poem. I get those scary thoughts sometimes that I will still have pain after I die. Our minds do strange things living with pain whether physical, mental, or emotional. I just joined this site and very much enjoy it. I wrote a poem about 6 years ago when having a very tough time with my above knee amputation. It was my 68Th surgery and it’s not living with one leg that’s the hard part, it’s the excruciating Phantom Limb Pain. That has been a complete nightmare. Constant burning,crushing,gnawing. Feels like a vice with razors is enclosing tighter and tighter. if anyone knows of a good pain doctor in Southeast Michigan, I’d love to know.

Again what a lovely poem. Would I be able to she it on a support site I belong to called MD Junction? I would give all credit to Nancy and this Blog? When is there another contest, because I would like to share mine also. Thank you. Good to be here
Staci

Thanks again to Nancy for the lovely poem.
How to Cope with Pain // Jan 20, 2010 at 12:01 pm

Stacy, glad you’re visiting here. You’re welcome to send in your poem even if we’re not currently having a contest. I do share guest submissions from time to time. You can send it here. And with credit to Nancy’s site, you’re welcome to share the poem.

Regarding phantom limb pain, you might also like to read these articles about phantom limb pain – virtual reality treatment for pain and brain re-training for pain.
EstherGrace // Jan 20, 2010 at 6:08 pm

I am so grateful to read this poem today as I’ve been needing external encouragement to find places to rest with the pain I’m shouldering at present.

I do have very good pain management help. I hope Stacy finds some too.
Nancy // Jan 20, 2010 at 8:16 pm

Thanks for publishing my poem on your site, and thanks for the kind words from readers Staci and EstherGrace. May the joy in your days be greater than the pain.

If you do share my poem beyond this web site, please give credit to Nancy January, link to my blog at http://nancyjanuary.multiply.com, and send me an email at njanuary at hotmail to notify me of the post. I will put a link back to your online post or list your offline publication. You *ABSOLUTELY MAY NOT* use the poem for merchandising, fund raising, or profit.

Thanks to HOW TO COPE WITH PAIN for giving us a place to share, encourage, and learn.

Nancy
Rebecca // Jan 23, 2010 at 9:49 pm

A beautiful poem.

My mantra lately when I’m getting bogged down by pain is much shorter.
It’s:
“Oy vey! Oy Vey!! OY VEY!!!”

Not as eloquent, but it helps me take myself and my pain a whole lot less serious.
Tim // Feb 11, 2010 at 9:36 pm

That’s a nice one. I especially like the last two lines.