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Chronic Pain Journey

Change is a process that unfolds over
time, and those who live with chronic
pain are indeed ever challenged by it.

So, as you embark upon your quest to
enhance your well-being and improve
chronic pain management capacities, I
cannot adequately emphasize the
importance of being kind and gentle
with yourself along the way. Remember,
change of any form is an ongoing process
in-and-of-itself...with its own ups and
downs, peaks and valleys, stalls and
plateaus. Perhaps the surest way to kill
change is by expecting and demanding
too much of it, yourself, and others too
much, too soon...

Let change become an ally and friend,
and like all worthwhile relationships,
that which has the best chance to
blossom, is that which receives the gifts
of both nurture and respect...

Esther Lurie

About Change

Change is an inevitable part

of life.

Change can be sudden and
unexpected...or transpire
over time.

Change can be positive, or
negative...or fall anywhere in-
between.

Negative change can have
positive implications, just as
positive change can spawn its
polar opposite..

Change requires a period of
adjustment, irrespective of
whether Change is welcome...
or not.

Acceptance of the need to
change is challenge in-and-of-
itself.

Change of the voluntary kind
involves risk. Change of the
involuntary kind might involve
even more risk...or perhaps
even less.

Change might require you to
stand alone when intimidated
and frightened others rally in
opposition.

Acceptance of negative
Change is generally not
swallowed whole...but sipped
and slurped over time.

Change can involve feelings of
loss and the need to undergo
a grieving process.

Change....whether desired or
not...can help you grow and
develop new life skills and
new ways of looking at things.

Change is a challenge that
requires your attention and
measured doses of tender
loving care.

Change changes as well.

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