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PAIN

What is pain?

The standard definition describes pain as an undesirable sensation or response to a traumatic event. But that definition is incomplete.

As human beings, we are equipped with a brain that can interpret sensation and a will that can override discomfort when perceived threat is reduced. Pain is not just something that happens to us it is a language. One that must be understood in order to be endured.

Throughout the Ruck 100, pain was constant.

Reminders of past injuries.

Thoughts of danger.

Concerns of permanent damage.

Each time those thoughts surfaced, they forced me back into the task. Back into presence. Back into purpose. I found fortitude and peace through faith.

Pain can bring many outcomes. For me, it comes down to four languages:

1. Informative pain – pain that teaches you what needs attention

2. Transformational pain – pain that reshapes who you are

3. Consequential pain – pain earned by past decisions

4. Redemptive pain – pain that gives meaning to suffering

As Dr. Huberman explains, adrenaline can blunt pain in the moment. But the real work begins after it fades. When the noise is gone. When you’re left alone with what remains.

What did this pain give you?

Because pain doesn’t disappear when the body rests.

It stays until it’s understood.

And once understood, it no longer controls you.

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