Sometimes, things in life cause us pain. And sometimes, despite knowing this in advance, we have to do something that will cause us that pain anyway.
Look, you have to get that cavity drilled. You know in advance it’s going to suck, but you just have to do it. Because the alternative is more pain, right?
But you don’t have to take all the pain, all at once. If you’re going to stiff-upper-lip it that’s fine, but you can only power through for so long. So accept that fact and ration it out.
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