I heard this on an episode of
POLDARK.

If you have not watched this
Masterpiece Series on PBS,
I recommend it.

In a recent episode the main character, an Englishman named, Ross Poldark,
makes a comment about another character who was had suffered a setback and was hurting.

He said…..

“A sure remedy for a sore heart …
is a mission.”

Read that again.

It was a fictional character speaking in a television series…. but the words spoken are a great
truth.

I had to write it down….as I do when I hear or read a profound or memorable phrase in a television show, movie or book.

“ A sure remedy for a sore heart…
is a mission.”

It is a sure thing
that focusing on some task
outside of one’s self
or one’s hurt or pain…

will change the focus from the
subjective to the objective.

It changes the concentration from
the inside and the despair
to the outside and the task at hand.

It removes the mind from the past and places it in the present or future.

It looks ahead
and can create a thought process toward a solution and some task at hand.

Be aware of people who are hurting.

Consider what their “mission” might be ….that can possibly lift them out of the stagnation that pain and despair can push them into.

Giving of oneself to another…
or to something other than oneself,
is a proven process that will
displace the pain and replace it,
maybe quickly or over time,
with focus and concern for the
the “mission” and its outcome.

It’s somewhat like this.

If you THINK on the numbers
from 1-25 ….
go ahead,
start counting.

When you reach
the number 10…
begin to SPEAK
out loud,
the alphabet….

You will find the spoken word takes precedence and the counting stops.

The spoken activity of the “mission”
replaces the inner concentration on the counting of numbers.

You, yourself,
have probably experienced this.

Therefore, notice those around you who are in a rut,
who are in the middle of turmoil,
or in pain.

Consider a “mission” for them.

Encourage them in it.

Volunteer to undertake the “mission” along with them.

If they will walk with you in this….
and it may take some time,

however….

it’s a sure remedy.