{"id":165935,"date":"2019-08-23T23:29:18","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:29:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/?p=165935"},"modified":"2019-08-23T23:45:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-24T06:45:08","slug":"good-pain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/23\/good-pain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Pain"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A life without pain and suffering is undesirable. This means, having pain and suffering in life is BENEFICIAL to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the question is&#8211; what type of pain is &#8216;good&#8217; and beneficial to us, which helps us to grow?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Post-traumatic growth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"165874\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?fit=2500%2C1667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;7.1&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566461396&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0003125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography cruise lightroom &amp;#8211; ricoh gr iii (71 of 71)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?fit=2000%2C1334&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71-2000x1334.jpg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"skies clouds\" class=\"wp-image-165874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?resize=2000%2C1334&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-71-of-71.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Small doses of trauma as a child is beneficial and good, because it is our <a href=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2017\/05\/17\/scars\/\">scars<\/a> which help us become more mentally resilient in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The goal isn&#8217;t to prevent your child from experiencing pain, suffering, and trauma. It is teaching our kids that the real world is painful, unfair, and unjust, and it is our duty to &#8216;become the change which we wish to see in the world.&#8217;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exercise as good pain<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignwide\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"165856\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?fit=2500%2C1667&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2500,1667\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;RICOH GR III&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1566433157&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;250&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"eric kim photography cruise lightroom &amp;#8211; ricoh gr iii (53 of 71)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?fit=2000%2C1334&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71-2000x1334.jpg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"back muscle\" class=\"wp-image-165856\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?resize=2000%2C1334&amp;ssl=1 2000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?resize=1000%2C667&amp;ssl=1 1000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/eric-kim-photography-cruise-lightroom-ricoh-gr-iii-53-of-71.jpg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Exercise, lifting weights, and stressing\/challenging your body as &#8216;good pain&#8217;. This beneficial pain helps our bodies stimulate growth hormones to build muscle and strength. Without &#8220;pain&#8221; (beneficial pain) associated with exercise, we could not get physiologically stronger.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I believe the same analogy applies with exercising our mind. Furthermore, difficult situations in life is what helps us grow more mentally strong.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A life without pain and suffering is undesirable. This means, having pain and suffering in life is BENEFICIAL to life. 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