The nuance of pain and redefining pain-free living

In our current culture, our time is spent avoiding pain. Pain "killers", meds, staying single - wink, wink - and avoiding those challenging conversations. Pretty much anything can be used to avoid pain. It's understandable, especially when we associate pain with "something is wrong." as in "I did something wrong, you did something wrong or there must be something wrong here if I'm in pain." Pain is much more nuanced, however.

There are times when pain is a warning, "Hey, if you keep doing that something will be wrong. Stop." It can be a whisper or a shout, especially if it wasn't heard the fir...