“Pain is never permanent”

Dan is not a happy camper tonight. Oops sorry for the third person commentary, I’ve been on facebook and that is conducive to this kind of thing.

St Teresa of Ávila, who suffered a lot of pain in her life, said “pain is never permanent”...but the pain is spreading...onwards and upwards...through my torso to my shoulders and arms. And I’m not at all pleased by this development. I’ve been dealing with the pain in my torso for some months now, to the point where I am actually used to it (a fact that is in itself utterly depressing), but I’ve never really had arm pain for any length of time before. I was always so glad that my arms were pain free, being that they are essential to so many activities. I mean walking is important, don’t get me wrong, but you can do most things sitting down as long the back holds out...

Anyway I’m going to sleep, and to pray that this is only transient...