Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. Let pain go
Pain is part of life. It does not have to rule your life. Suffering is not part of life. We do it to ourselves. People die on us. We lose jobs, and homes. We get sick. We break bones. This is life. This hurts. When we feel this type of pain, it is what we call an appropriate emotion; an appropriate response to life events that hurt. If you stand back from it and cast a critical eye over your life, you will find that these events, thankfully, do not occur that frequently. That said, it may seem that this pain takes over your life for some of you reading this. You suffer. You. Let me explain on a more light-hearted note. If you met me last month, I was nasty to you and kicked you hard on your shin. This will hurt. It will hurt physically on your shin. It may also hurt you emotionally. If you spent the past month thinking about it, “what a bitch, why did she do this to me?” and maybe working out precisely what to say when you saw me again. This is what makes you suffer. The
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