We put on clothes when it's cold and turn up the heat

We put on clothes when it's cold and turn up the heat. We look for air conditioning when it's hot.

We eat when we're hungry. We go to the hospital when we're sick.

This habit of immediately avoiding discomfort can apparently weaken our body's and mind's resilience.

Looking back, I hardly ever feel hunger.
I've blocked it out by eating something every two hours or so.

Last August, leg pain lasted over two weeks.
Walking or standing was hard. The pain kept me from sleeping at night, and I cried from fear.
People around me said I should go to the hospital.
But I decided to watch the pain while fixing my eating habits and posture.
Instead of trying to get rid of the pain, I endured it by accepting it as it was. Eventually the pain disappeared.

I seem to have practiced a kind of "endurance" with cold and heat.
I've turned off the boiler in winter and walked more in the heat, sweating.
Since my twenties, I've been doing cold water showers or cold saunas every morning.

Rather than avoid hardship and pain,
I want to accept them as they are, and sometimes face them intentionally,
treating them like friends who give me insight and leave when their time comes.