{"id":332674,"date":"2021-10-05T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T16:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/pain-2\/"},"modified":"2021-10-05T13:02:31","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T17:02:31","slug":"pain-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/2021\/10\/05\/pain-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PAIN."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What if pain is a necessary ingredient to greatness? Not something to be avoided but harnessed?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pain as the father of all pleasure, growth and becoming?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Purposeful pain<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For example, pain is a necessary ingredient of childbirth. The pain is actually a signal an accompaniment to the body\u00e2\u20ac\u02dcs ability to contract and push out the baby. Certainly pain medication is a phenomenal invention, but perhaps pain is the genesis of all procreation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Greater challenges, greater difficulties.<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1180\" height=\"787\" data-attachment-id=\"332586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/83-43-of-76\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2560,1707\" 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;1633219619&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;ERIC KIM&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;18.3&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.008&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"83 &amp;#8211; 43 of 76\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?fit=2560%2C1707&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?resize=1180%2C787&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-332586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?w=2560&amp;ssl=1 2560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?resize=2048%2C1365&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?resize=920%2C613&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/erickimphotography.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/83-43-of-76-scaled.jpeg?w=2360&amp;ssl=1 2360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Why did Elon musk decide to start SpaceX and cofound Tesla after he sold PayPal and made a bunch of money? Because he didn\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t want to just retire on some beach. Rather, he wanted greater challenges, and to impact humanity on a greater scale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What if pain is a necessary ingredient to greatness? Not something to be avoided but harnessed? 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