My favorite author writes about how there are really only two types of pain. Temporary pain and deep pain. Temporary pain is embarrassment, humiliation, or shame. Where as deep pain falls under the life-altering category of pain. This includes losing a loved one, surviving a terrible trauma, or losing everything in a natural disaster. In this case, my favorite author explains that without this type of pain at the level of the soul we would lose the one thing that gives life meaning: the opportunity to change.
I find the above to be comforting and inspiring at the same time - especially in the year 2010. To know, with certainty, that the pain in our life gives us the greatest gift - the gift to change who we are for the better. Pain brings us to our next level.
It sounds like a paradox but the amount of pain a person endures and overcomes is equal to the amount of joy and happiness they will have. Pain and joy really are two faces of the same coin.
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