✉️ Mindshift202 Letter:

“The Ache and the Messenger”

There’s a moment - just before we reach for the painkiller; when the ache calls for our attention.
Most of us ignore it.
We rush to quieten what feels uncomfortable, convinced that relief equals healing. But often, what we silence is not the pain itself, but the message it carries.

We do this in small, familiar ways.
We say we’re tired when we’re really unfulfilled.
We say we’re too busy when we’re really afraid to slow down.
We say we need more confidence when what we actually need is permission - to begin, to try, to be seen.

The ache is rarely the problem; it’s only a messenger.
It arrives not to hurt us, but to reveal something we’ve overlooked - a truth we’ve avoided seeing. Yet, in our hurry to feel better, we treat the symptom and miss the signal.
We numb the ache and, with it, the opportunity for understanding.

Real transformation begins when we stop trying to silence the ache and start asking what it’s showing us. Because behind every discomfort lies a perspective waiting to be seen - the view that explains the feeling.

When we trace the ache to its origin, we begin to see differently. And when we see differently, the ache softens on its own - not because it’s been silenced, but because it’s been understood.

So perhaps the next time the ache appears, you might think before you reach for the remedy.
You might simply ask it:
What are you trying to tell me?

That question alone can open the space where awareness begins; and where the mind, at last, starts to shift.

With perspective,
Maggie