Does It Hurt Enough to Make a Change?

What does it take to step out of being stuck?

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I woke up with a terrible ache in my right shoulder, after a half-sleepless night where I didn’t yet know why I slept so restless and uncomfortable. The pain was sharp and sent electric shocks to my brain at each wrong move. I had troubles putting my top on, I ate my lunch holding the spoon with my left hand and I decided to keep my coat on in the office, not to go through the ordeal of struggling to put it back on after I struggled to take it off.

I was nearly in tears and I was popping Advils like it was my job. The painkiller made me forget about the pain for a short while and I could lift my arm again, I could type and I could greet people with a proper handshake.

But then it was coming back, and so were the tears in my eyes from the helplessness and the sharp pain. I know I need to have it checked, it could be nothing or not-nothing, it could pass soon or torture me for weeks and months.

Generally, I would have shrugged it off (but it hurt too much to shrug)…

Instead, I was asking myself:

Does it hurt enough to make a move?

And in midsentence I realised it is not about my shoulder, my pain-threshold or my clumsy moves anymore…