Most people will spend decades in chronic pain to avoid a few minutes of acute pain
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Most people will spend decades in chronic pain to avoid a few minutes of acute pain.
Choose your pain Sharif Shameem About Posts Future Bookshelf reflections Choose your pain Most people will spend decades in chronic pain to avoid a few minutes of acute pain. September 30, 2025 • 1 min read Sometimes I wanna feel the pain Sometimes you make me wanna face it – Fred Again If there’s one thing that’s guaranteed in life, it’s pain. Life is full of pain. Contrary to popular belief, not all pain is bad. Pain is not suffering. You will feel pain. But you get to choose the type of pain. If you don’t make a choice, life will pick for you. If you don’t choose the pain of a run, life wil
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