Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible. Other times pain acts as a compass to help you get through the messier tunnels of growing up. But the pain can only help you find happiness if you can remember it.

Adam Silvera
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"Sometimes pain is so unmanageable that the idea of spending another day with it seems impossible. Other times pain acts as a compass to help you get through the messier tunnels of growing up. But the pain can only help you find happiness if you can remember it." This quote captures the idea that there is no point in continuing to suffer if you don't consider yourself lucky just to be alive. Painful memories aren't something to forget, but rather something to learn from.

Source: More Happy Than Not

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