It doesn’t take much. A splinter. A burn. A cut. A toothache.

Sometimes, a small area of injury can create an out-sized measure of inconvenience, discomfort, or pain. A perfectly healthy body, but for that one thing, which receives all of our focus.

And of course, this isn’t limited to the physical world.

A small emotional wound, for instance, can cast a shadow much darker and much wider than it deserves.

It has that kind of power … but only if we let it.

And we don’t have to do that. We can choose to focus our attention elsewhere, and we can choose to tell ourselves a different story. One that serves us. One that takes us beyond the injury.