{"id":1958,"date":"2013-05-21T09:54:17","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T13:54:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/everydayspirituality\/?p=1958"},"modified":"2016-10-19T08:51:11","modified_gmt":"2016-10-19T12:51:11","slug":"reducing-pain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/05\/reducing-pain.html","title":{"rendered":"Reducing Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pain comes in many forms. It can be physical or mental. Either way, most of us don\u2019t like pain and are thankful when it can be reduced at any level.<\/p>\n<p>I am a freelance writer and always am on the look-out for a story. Yesterday, I was driving to a school to pick up a story about children gardening. I passed a row of unusual looking trees, and a man walking alongside the road. His clothes were dirty and he looked a bit disheveled, but I turned my car around and drove back to talk with him.<\/p>\n<p>I introduced myself as a newspaper writer and wondered if he knew anything about the trees planted alongside the road. He spoke with a heavy Italian accent, and affirmed, he was the one who planted them. Then he asked if I could drive him home because his foot was hurting really badly.<\/p>\n<p>He was out on his 4-wheeler and the motorcycle got stuck. Walking home was torment because he recently had broken his foot. He had a sense of humor as he stuffed himself into my little car, but was so thankful for the ride, that he apologized for being so big.<\/p>\n<p>I drove him to his house, on the hill. We made a deal that I\u2019d come back in one hour to talk with him.<\/p>\n<p>His love of the land kept him outside working in the dirt, planting trees. After talking with him, I discovered he was a wealth of joy. I will write up his story of someone who decided to keep planting trees.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday day went on for me. I had to cover a Village meeting in the evening. These meetings are notorious for being inefficient and long. Another reporter and I sat together. Although, that reporter and I basically write for competitive local newspapers, no one would know it because we were there supporting and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/everydayspirituality\/2013\/10\/incorporating-wisdom-and-generosity.html\">helping one another <\/a>through the long evening.<\/p>\n<p>In light of the pain in the world, I hold to my gratitude for anytime the pain is reduced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pain comes in many forms. It can be physical or mental. Either way, most of us don\u2019t like pain and are thankful when it can be reduced at any level. I am a freelance writer and always am on the look-out for a story. 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