Keep The Joy

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Today I underwent pain for something I love.

I'm not quite a tattoo junkie, but I do crave ink sometimes. The endorphin rushes–I think your body runs out of pain transmitters and starts firing feel-good across the gaps to compensate–are a reward during the process, but it's really afterward when the work is done and a full-body flush and tingle hits that I...