“I am stronger than my pain”. This is my mantra, affirmation or as we call in Empowered Mastery, my power paradigm statement. I am currently dealing with some knee challenges; arthritis in both knees with a recent pop in the other that is confirmed to be a torn ACL. It’s all good and has not slowed me down in my training, just some slight modifications to what I do. I am grateful to have always and still do live an incredibly active life. I’ve been training in Taekwondo for over 35 years, mountain biking, snow boarding, hiking and backpacking, climbed some big mountains in Africa and Nepal and ran a few marathons here and there.
I was training the other day and my knee was hurting me pretty bad. It got me down for a few minutes and felt myself going in to a “Why me” state. I snapped out of it very quickly and came
up with this power paradigm statement on the spot, “I am stronger than my pain”. I said this over and over in my mind and kept going. I finished the training and felt a lot better physically and mentally. The pain more or less subsided and my focus was shifted to my strength, not my weakness.
I believe this could happen to any kind of pain, whether it be physical, mental or emotional. Talk yourself into being strong and overpower any pain and weakness you are feeling at the moment. If I could do it, so could you.
At the end of the day, I am opting in to have my knees worked on and have surgery. I told the doctor I am climbing volcanoes in Ecuador this January, Snowboarding in February for a week and my 7th Degree Black Belt Test in Korea in April. If you could squeeze me in before or between then, let’s do it. If not, I’ll wait until after April. It looks like I’ll be under the knife in November and December and be ready to go in January.
I know that my strength is stronger than the pain so nothing will stop me. For anyone out there who has experiencing any kind of pain or discomfort, use this power paradigm and you will get through it. The mind is extremely strong and could manifest any feeling you want. Good luck!
