Note to self: It's a journey.

What do you do when you thought you had the solutions figured out, and then it becomes apparent, they don't work anymore?
With pain and mobility there are so many "tricks", most of them I have taken from experts and adapted to suit my needs, and many I have discovered for myself. But what happens, as has been the case for many years now, you get to attached to the ideas of the tricks being the answer, you think to yourself, "I can relax now, I got it figured out"? "I know how to manage/fix this problem." And then the tricks don't work anymore, or they work, but not to the degree they used to.
Its a gentle (and very often not so gentle) about becoming too fixed on one idea, or a set of ideas. Discovering a "trick" usually involved an in depth process of learning and exploration, but once we have the "trick", that exploration is gone, and we go to the end of the story. Sure, we find out the ending of the story, but after a while, missing the whole tale, the chapters, the journey, starts to impact us. And the book does not bring satisfaction anymore.
I know I am rambling, using analogies, but anyone who has had ongoing physical issues (and perhaps it is true for mental issues as well), may be the readers of this blog who have similar issues might understand what I am trying to say.
I think it is a Feldenkrais idea that the process is the important part, not the outcome. And whilst, those of us in pain think, "how stupid is that!", it is true, because after a while, the outcome changes to something less meaningful (with less positive results). I love the Feldenkrais bit of writing that goes something like treating the means as if it were the aim. Such a short phrase, but when you get your head into it, so amazing a concept for not only getting in and out of chairs, but almost everything in life! Just saying that phrase makes me slow down my movements, become more aware.
The journey never stops, when we think we are getting to the destination, it is only a mirage,and it is to our detriment if we believe it.