“Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding… And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy”
― Kahlil Gibran
Pain has given me many gifts.
Empathy has come from memories of pain shared.
Body awareness has come from Pain’s messages.
Perspective has come when I see those
who’s suffering has cause to be much deeper
yet carried so much lighter.
Also what hurt so deeply long ago
that I thought it unbearable
now has faded to a mere itch
if remembered at all.
(A gift of memory and time as well)
I find little of nobility in my own pain
and dislike the common game of comparing scars.
Yet still for the gifts of pain I feel grateful
and no doubt will unwrap many more.
Blessings, G
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Magician (Alt) by G A Rosenberg
Butterfly Colours Obscuring an Idyllic Landscape by G A Rosenberg
Pain..as real as fear ..as troubling as life..when we are faced or experiencing it..whether it breaks us when we can not endure it..or puts us to death in times we bleed..
Some people break, some become magnificent, some have to do one before doing the other. Thanks for commenting
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Your words and Gibran’s touch deeply Gary…I know I will always find nourishment here…
Thank you. Gibran’s words have taken me through some rough spots in my life for sure