Through the radical undoing and debilitation of repeated pain we are reacquainted with the essentialities of place and time and existence itself; in deep pain we have energy only for what we can do wholeheartedly and then, only within a narrow range of motion, metaphorically or physically, from tying our shoelace to holding the essential core conversations that are reciprocal and reinforcing within the close-in circle of those we love. Pain teaches us a fine economy, in movement, in the heart’s affections, in what we ask of ourselves and eventually in what we ask in others.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn

Learning comes through pain.

Learning is a gift, even when pain is your teacher!

The unending paradox is that we do learn through pain.

The secret of joy is the mastery of pain.

Pain is a treasure, for it contains mercies.

What pain do you want in your life?

WHAT YOU LINK PAIN TO AND WHAT YOU LINK PLEASURE TO SHAPES YOUR DESTINY

What pain do you want in your life? What are you willing to struggle for?

Pain is truth; all else is subject to doubt.

pain is a teacher and failure is the highway to success.

Pain is knowledge rushing in to fill a void with great speed

Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher.