No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished.

Edward St. Aubyn
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No pain is too small if it hurts, but any pain is too big if it's cherished. When pain is held in the heart it becomes larger than life. When pain is handled with patience and love it becomes smaller than life. This quote comes from a book by Dr. Wayne Dyer called "Your Erroneous Zones."

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