Pain as Change Agent

It is 2.5 times more likely we will avoid pain than move towards pleasure according to the pleasure-pain principle. But could we benefit from staying with pain, embracing it and using it to our advantage?Does it take reaching our pain threshold to make changes quickly and easily? While we can commit to change, set great goals, have plans and strategies - ticking all the change boxes - it may be that until we experience a certain level of pain the change will require an above average level of strength, focus, support and constant attention to motivation. It may take that certain level of pain to engage in effortless decision making, to harness our raw energy, to resolve to change - in an instant.
So should we set sail with our pain, not be fearful of feeling it, own it, acknowledge it and vow to do something about it? Pain no doubt has an empowering role to play in growth. There have been some powerful thoughts on pain from some powerful individuals. Lance Armstrong said that pain is temporary but quitting is forever. He doesnt avoid it and acknowldges that his relationship with pain is part of what makes him great. Perhaps the line between pleasure and plain is where our threshold sits. Perseverence in spite of the pain is one thing, but what would happen if we stopped.had the courage to feel it's severity. Allowed oursleves to be with it till our threshold was reached, we'd had enough of it and it fuelled us to move on. Could it be that all this pain avoidance justs prolongs and enhances the pain?