Pain will never leave us. Instead of putting energy into destroying pain, we need to put energy into creating pleasure.

Tom Hodgkinson
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One of the best ways to deal with pain is to create pleasure. It’s an easy way out. But it’s not always a good idea. We have to find what works for us, and being burned too often is not good for the body or the mind.

“Pain will never leave us” means that we can never get rid of pain—it stays with us until death, but that doesn’t mean we have to suffer every day. We can learn how to live through pain.

Source: The Freedom Manifesto: How To Free Yourself From Anxiety, Fear, Mortgages, Money, Guilt, Debt, Government, Boredom, Supermarkets, Bills, Melancholy, Pain, Depression, Work, And Waste

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