I saw pain as nature’s reminder that there is something important for me to learn.

When it hurts, observe, life is trying to teach you something.

the pain we suffer is a way to make us appreciate what comes next.

We survive by learning from pain

Like it or not, i was already learning that in the worst and darkest time, I would find specks of light, moments of joy. What I didn't want to learn was the other, harsher lesson - that in life's brightest moments there would also be unbearable pain. p 87

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

Learning comes through pain.

I watched love and life play out in a million ways, but one of the best things I learned was this: You don't outrun pain.

...just remember, darling, it is pain that changes our lives.

In times of pain, when the future is too terrifying to contemplate and the past too painful to remember, I have learned to pay attention to right now. The precise moment I was in was always the only safe place for me.

Mindfulness can play a big role in transforming our experience with pain & other difficulties; it allows us to recognize the authenticity of the distress & yet not be overwhelmed by it.

Pain has a way of making us more honest.

Painful as it may be, a significant emotional event can be the catalyst for choosing a direction that serves us - and those around us - more effectively. Look for the learning.

Every time you confront something painful, you are at a potentially important juncture in your life — you have the opportunity to choose healthy and painful truth or unhealthy but comfortable delusion.