From the vault, a reminder to myself that it’s way too easy to tune out other’s pain over a situation that it doesn’t personally affect you.
It’s never too late to learn this important lesson.
Okay, this is hard to admit,so I will go ahead and tell it to the whole wide world. I’m not very empathetic. I’m very sympathetic. I’m a great listener and advice giver. But I don’t like to feel emotional pain so I shut it out and stick with mirroring and analyzing other people’s problems when they share with me. I honestly didn’t know or mean to do this. But something happened that made me very aware of another person’s pain.
What happened was I felt that same pain, a new pain I had not felt before. It was the pain of thinking I was about to lose something that was very important to me and yet a luxury item. Not a person, but a big part of my life. Running. I thought I would have to stop doing it regularly and…
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Maybe running was such a necessary outlet for you. 🙂 Did he get his motorcycle back?
Well no, he’s had to sell many bikes and motorcycles over the years when things got tight and never got them back, but he has bought different ones. 😉
Well, I’m glad he got some, somehow. 🙂