Talk/Affirmation: I Choose To Stay (When Healing Hurts)

Instead of fleeing discomfort, you begin to sit beside it. This day explores the quiet strength of staying with what hurts, and how gentle willingness can become your turning point.

Expect grounding words from the Wisdom of the Waves, tender self-talk to support your courage, and an anchoring rhyme to affirm your presence.

Transcript

When I choose to stay.

The healing that begins when I sit with pain.

Today's gentle message for this you in transition is this.

Healing can hurt,

Not because we're breaking,

But because we're becoming.

And what once felt like background noise now speaks clearly,

Because you've stopped running and started listening.

Let's go to the wisdom of the waves for a micro dose of insight and inspiration.

Before,

Pain was a background noise that you pushed aside.

Of course,

It's part of the human condition to do so.

But now you're listening,

You're meeting it with presence instead of panic.

And yes,

It speaks,

Sometimes loudly,

Because no one was listening before.

Are you willing to be with your pain from time to time?

Because healing begins with gentle willingness.

This is the healing that begins when you sit with pain.

Like gently anchoring in deep water,

You steady yourself without needing to swim away.

Emotional healing does not mean you're broken.

Healing begins when you shift how you relate to your inner world.

With gentle willingness,

You create space where resistance once lived.

And in that space,

Healing manifests.

I am willing to sit with my discomfort,

Not to fix it,

But to understand and soften to it.

I trust that even pain has wisdom when held with care.

I am willing to be with my pain from time to time,

Because I know healing begins with gentle willingness.

This is the healing that begins when I sit with pain.

And so it is.

I sit beside the pain I feel,

Empowered now,

I help me heal.

I sit beside the pain I feel,

Empowered now,

I help me heal.

I sit beside the pain I feel,

Empowered now,

I help me heal.

I sit beside the pain I feel,

Empowered now,

I help me heal.

I sit beside the pain I feel,

Empowered now,

I help me heal.

Reviews

I sit beside the pain I feel. Empowered now I help me heal. This is Great. Thank you so much Reuben.

“I set behind the pain I feel, I empower myself to heal! “ or similar I loved this sentence! Thanks Reuben namaste 🙏🏼

Self compassion and understanding helps us to grow and change. Thanks Reuben 🙏🏻

Thank you, Ruben!
I sit beside the pain I feel, empowered now to help me heal.
I feel liberated! You always know just what I need to hear.

Beautiful insights, thank you 🙏

In the end, last minute when there was only the music I felt the pain of wanting to rush, not wanting to ‘wait’ until the track was at 0:00
I sat beside my pain asking myself what this pain wanted to tell me.. I was that I can allow myself to just enjoy, in the moment, in this moment. I don’t have to do something useful all the time. I may just enjoy what is. When I enjoy what is I am not rushing, not even in my mind. I relaxed into the moment and enjoyed the rest of the track 🩷

Thank you Reuben for your kind soothing words and affirmation.
🙏💖🌻

It felt so good and comforting to listen to you Reuben, I’m learning to sit with the hurt I feel. I know it will take time to heal but it will I know because it hurts me less and less each time it arises. You’ve shown me the way as you as you have always done. I will never be able to thank you enough Reuben.❤️💕.

It’s true, you’re always there 😄
Synchronicallly timed as I woke in pain to send gentle reminders of allowing.
Thank you 🙏