THERE ARE TWO TYPES OF PAIN, ONE
THAT HURTS US AND THE OTHER THAT
CHANGES US. Some people think
that to be strong is to never
feel pain. Actually, the
strongest people are the ones
who feel it, understand it,
accept and learn from it. Pain
changes people. We will never
understand pain until we feel
it. Pain is inevitable but
suffering is optional when we
grow stronger from the pain and
we do not let it destroy us.
Struggling
and suffering are the essence of
a life worth living. If we are
not pushing ourselves
Pain makes
us stronger, tears make us braver, and heartbreaks makes us wiser, so
thanks the past for a better future. |
beyond the comfort
zone, if we are not demanding
more from ourselves by expanding
and learning as we go, we are
choosing a numb existence.
Without pain, there would be no
suffering, without suffering we
would never learn from our
mistakes. To make it right, pain
and suffering are the keys to
all windows, without them, there
is no way of life. The most
authentic thing about us, human,
is our capacity to create, to
overcome, to endure, to
transform, to love and to be
greater than our suffering. When
we are suffering, we become more
understanding not only about
ourselves, but also about other
people's sufferings. The first
step to understand somebody is
to understand their sufferings,
then love follows.
Sometimes we must hurt in
order to know, fall in order to grow, lose in order to gain, because
most of life's greatest lessons are learned through pain. |
I have learned that most
of our troubles are due to our
passionate desire for and
attachment to things that we
misapprehend as enduring
entities; that most of our
suffering is the product of our
thoughts. We spend nearly every
moment of our lives lost in
thought, and hostage to the
character of those thoughts. We
can break this spell, but it
takes training just like it
takes training to defend
ourselves against a physical
assault.
Happiness
is not a reward, it is a
consequence. Suffering is not a
punishment, it is a result. The
only medicine for suffering,
crime, and all other woes of
mankind, is wisdom. When we
teach a man to read and write,
we put into his hands the great
keys of the wisdom box. But of
course, to open the box is quite
another thing.
I
have also learned that human
progress is neither automatic
nor inevitable. Every step
toward the goal of righteousness
requires sacrifice, suffering,
and struggle; the tireless
exertions and passionate concern
of dedicated individuals.
Character cannot be developed in
ease and quiet but only through
experience of trial and
suffering can the soul be
strengthened, ambition inspired,
and success achieved.
Our
heavenly Father understands our
disappointment, suffering, pain,
fear, and doubt. He is always
there to encourage our hearts
and help us understand that He
is sufficient for all of our
needs. When I think and accept
this as an absolute truth in my
life, I have found that I would
stop worrying and I would feel
very grateful for all my
blessings. Sometimes we must
hurt in order to KNOW, FALL in
order to GROW, LOSE in order to
GAIN because life’s
greatest lessons are learned
through PAIN.
By
Tim Pedrosa
When people hurt you over and over, think of them
as sandpaper. They may scratch and hurt a bit, but in the end, you end up
polished and they end up useless. |
Tim
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