Life is made up of pain and joy.
But the way we deal with pain can really influence the course of the years ahead of us.
No pain is in vain!
I sincerely hope that the pain we will experience in 2024 will not be reduced to a concrete mark, to mere scars or tangible and traumatic suffering.
Trauma lies in what we cannot understand, something we carry as a useless burden, a source of suffering and humiliation.
In these situations, pain becomes an empty experience, because it has offered us no guidance nor has it been transformed into something symbolic that can be integrated.
Here comes repetition, hell, the diabolical: dissociation!
I truly hope that every pain experienced in 2024 is imbued with symbolism, because the symbolic is liberating!
May all the pains of 2024 take on the role of precious symbols, contributing to the expansion of our consciousness.
May they be more than a burden, becoming a revealing sign that allows us to distinguish between blind repetition and conscious evolution.
Pain and pleasure are vital signs, and surely there were also joys in 2024!
Do not ignore your pains or your joys, but be mindful!
Pleasure lies not only in action, but in the ability to feel sensations!
So sing, dance, read a poem, ‘enjoy it’!
Because only those who are capable of (feeling) great pain are capable of great pleasure.
I suggest saying a prayer of gratitude for 2024 and continuing, strengthened, towards the next pains and pleasures of 2025 and the adventure of Life!
"ViverE não ter a vergonhaDe ser felizCantar e cantar e cantarA beleza de serUm eterno aprendiz." (Gonzaguinha)
Texto: Jaqueline Cássia de Oliveira Psicóloga e Psicoterapeuta Sistêmica