In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all cost, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; in rejecting change and risk we often cheat ourselves of the quest; in denying our suffering we may never know our strength or our greatness.

Rachel Naomi Remen
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In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all cost, we may be left without intimacy or compassion; In rejecting change and risk, we often cheat ourselves of the quest; In denying our suffering, we may never know our strength or our greatness In avoiding all pain and seeking comfort at all cost, we may be left without intimacy or compassion. Avoiding pain is necessary in many situations. However, in doing so, you are also taking away the opportunity to grow. When you avoid pain in one area of your life, you are forced to seek it out in another. This is when you start taking unnecessary risks that could ultimately harm you. Rejecting change can also lead to pain.

But when it comes to change, it’s often the result of growing and learning from experience. This is when individuals learn how to better themselves and others around them. Denying your suffering can ultimately lead to not knowing the greatness that you possess within yourself. The truth is that people who admit their problems find the strength to conquer them.

The ones who keep them bottled up inside them never realize their true potentials because they are too busy trying to avoid pain in other areas of their lives. If you want greatness, then embrace your suffering and accept that it will make you stronger in the end.

Source: Kitchen Table Wisdom: Stories That Heal

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