BLINDED BY PAIN

I have many friends who are struggling hard every day – either dealing with weird family BS, money stuff, illness, or pain – it’s unreal how unrelenting life can be sometimes.

Blinded by Pain – © LYON 2025

It makes me wish I had a magic wand I could just wave once or twice and their problems would turn into Good Things.

This image is how life feels to me at the moment. Everyone blinded by pain. Blinded by fake news. Blinded by exhaustion. Blinded by how heavy life feels. Blinded by tired, worn-out hope.

I was lying in bed a couple days ago, feeling the pain in my back, massaging it, going ‘ow! ow! ow! ow!’ under my breath.

And in my head I heard, ‘what if you said ‘bless you, back!’ instead?

I felt a ripple of energy run through me – as if I had walked through one of those mirage illusions you see in the distance down the road when you’re driving in the desert.

It struck me hard – what an idea!

So I tried it – I focused on the pain, which is normally about a 7 out of 10 on a regular basis – and it went down slightly as I sent it blessings.

I stopped and asked myself, ‘what IS blessing, anyway?’

And what came to me was ‘all good things unto you shall come.’

‘OK,’ I thought, ‘that sounds really nice.’

So I continued, sending my blessings, my wishes for ‘all good things coming’ to my hip and back. The pain reduced by a bit more.

I won’t exaggerate – it didn’t go away. But I’m stoked it even went anywhere at all!

The best part was the feeling of peace, despite the pain, that came over me. So I laid there and sent blessings to my body, my house, my friends, and the world. Felt so good.

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