“As the Persian poet Rumi once wrote, ‘Light enters at the place of the wound.” SufferingRumi Book:Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life Source: Nine Essential Things I've Learned About Life
“We may not ever understand why we suffer or be able to control the forces that cause our suffering, but we can have a lot to say about what suffering does to us, and what sort of people we become because of it. Pain makes some people bitter and envious. It makes others sensitive and compassionate. It is the result, not the cause, of pain that makes some experiences of pain meaningful and others empty and destructive.” SufferingLossGriefTragedy Book:When Bad Things Happen to Good People Source: When Bad Things Happen to Good People