10# Suffering
Managing a chronic injury* over the last few months has got me thinking:
- Improvement seems to be associated with some suffering: between 'red flags' of not-too-little and not-too-much. Jon Kabat Zinn, a mindfulness expert, calls it the creative zone.
- The more tuned in I am to my present-moment-experience the closer I can get to the flag without shooting past it.
- At times, shooting past is the most effective way of identifying the limit/location.
- Ideally I should embrace productive suffering, without resentment: easier said than done but worth aspiring to.
And I wonder to what extent the above is relevant to life in general…
*Damaged ligament on right knee from repetitive sparring in BJJ (Brazilian jiu jitsu).
Author: JD
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