It is really inspiring and noteworthy when you choose to channel your pain into athleticism, art, music, etc. rather than letting it get the best of you.

It is making the best of the worst, a way of defying pain and not allowing it to keep you down for too long.

I think it is a beautiful way of dealing with pain; letting it effect you to an extent but not take control. You allow pain to move you, inspire your work, and make something beautiful out of it.

It's like taking an old house and fixing it back up, good as new. That is what we do with our hearts. We feel pain, we find an outlet; after, our hearts are as good as new, possibly wiser and smarter too.

So run 10 miles, work long days, write poetry, sketch til your fingers ache, sing until you feel the pain seep out of you and into your work. Once it is in your work, it is gone from you and you're free. Your pain is now gone and something beautiful, and that is really something amazing.