Today I want to talk to you about how to not judge your body off of pain. I have heard so many people say “I’m falling apart,” “I don’t know what’s going on,” “I’ve been like this or months” or “things are just not getting better.” I just want to tell you folks, don’t give up. You don’t know what’s going on underneath the surface. You have to start learning to look a little deeper.

I want to show that your body may be doing something underneath the surface that you aren’t even recognizing. It may take a month or so to surface. It may be for the better. Just because you are in pain now, doesn’t mean you will be in pain forever.

Don’t give up.

Don’t stop taking care of yourself or doing your exercises. You never know what is truly happening based off of the things that you did in the past. If you have been doing really good things in the past, your body may be making shifts and changes to your structure that aren’t letting your body work optimally at this precise second. But, later it will.

Let me show you this example with a bamboo plant that you can get at any store. You might notice that one is growing really tall the other is squatty and fat. This is just like people, and that’s ok. I love both just the same. But one looks like it is dying. You might notice a difference in the leaves some may be green some may be brown. But I don’t want you to judge the plant off this brown.

I want you to look a little deeper.

You might look at the chute and notice that it is actually growing new chutes all the way through it. When your body is exerting energy, it is going to take energy from somewhere else. All this is showing you is that this bamboo plant it taking energy from the external leaves and bringing it in – this proves there is a whole lot of action going on underneath the dirt. I want you to start recognizing that in yourself.

Keep on doing what you are doing. When it comes to my bamboo I don’t stop watering it, but I don’t water it more either. I keep on being consistent to get them where they are at. I water mine once a week. I am very strict on how I water them and how much light they get.

These are all things that you need to start doing for yourself. Don’t judge yourself by that one week that you are in pain. I’m not saying you need to be ok with pain – what I’m saying is to be consistent with the things that are right for your body and don’t lose faith. This bamboo that I’m talking about took two months of withering away to thrive. It is healthier now than it was before.

Folks, don’t judge yourself based on pain.

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