“Pain nourishes courage. You can't be brave if you've only had wonderful things happen to you. Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional. Physical pain is a fact that comes with living, just as illness or financial woes or broken relationships are facts. But misery is a state of mind, a reaction to the facts, that can be controlled or altered by an act of will.” IfsMindStatesFactsHappensPainCourageWonderfulBrokenBraveMiseryFinancialIllnessThings HappenReactionsInevitableControlledState Of MindWoeBe BraveWonderful ThingsAlteredOptionalPhysical PainBroken Relationship Author:Barbara
“Most of life is so dull that there is nothing to be said about it, and the books and talks that would describe it as interesting are obliged to exaggerate, in the hope of justifying their own existence. Inside its cocoon of work or social obligation, the human spirit slumbers for the most part, registering the distinction between pleasure and pain, but not nearly as alert as we pretend. There are periods in the most thrilling day during which nothing happens, and though we continue to exclaim, "I do enjoy myself", or , "I am horrified," we are insincere.” HumansSaidBookHappensPainLife IsSpiritSocialEnjoyPleasureInterestingExistencePeriodsThings HappenObligationDullDistinctionHuman SpiritThrillingObligedSlumberPain And PleasureCocoonsInsincereSocial Obligation Author:E. M. Forster
“You may have had unfair things happen to you, but the depth of your pain is an indication of the height of your future.” MayHappensPainDepthThings HappenHeightOur FutureUnfairYour FutureIndication Author:Joel Osteen
“Reading put perspective to any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.” PeopleWorldMadeHappensPainReadingChallengesPerspectiveDifficultyExtraordinaryInjusticeHungerThings HappenOrdinary PeopleGood In The World Author:Tony Robbins
“You can't always trust your emotions. You can't always trust your feelings. And I'm not talking about pain but I'm talking about more about life issues where something happens to you or somebody says something to you or somebody said nothing to you and you're waiting for them to say something to you.” SaidFeelingsHappensPainWaitingEmotionTalkingIssuesThings HappenNot Talking Author:Nick Vujicic
“When we are willing to accept our experience, just as it is, a strange thing happens: it changes into something else. When we avoid pain, struggle not to feel it, pain turns into suffering.” FeelsHappensPainSufferingTurnsAcceptingStruggleStrangeWillingExperienceThings HappenStrange Things Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“In the end, people don't view their life as merely the average of all its moments-which, after all, is mostly nothing much plus some sleep. For human beings, life is meaningful because it is a story. A story has a sense of a whole, and its arc is determined by the significant moments, the ones where something happens. Measurements of people's minute-by-minute levels of pleasure and pain miss this fundamental aspect of human existence. A seemingly happy life maybe empty. A seemingly difficult life may be devoted to a great cause. We have purposes larger than ourselves.” PeopleHumansMayEndsWholeMomentsStoriesHappensPainLife IsPurposeCausesDifficultHuman BeingsSleepPleasureLevelsViewsExistenceMinutesMissingAspectEmptyFundamentalsAverageDeterminedMeaningfulSignificantThings HappenPlusHappy LifeDevotedMeasurementHuman ExistenceArcsPain And PleasureDifficult LifeSignificant Moments Book:Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End Source: Being Mortal: Illness, Medicine and What Matters in the End
“These doctors, who had long experience with people in pain in addition to their traditional training and schooling, had discovered that nothing happens without communication, treatment based on evidence of outcome, and what used to be called a good bedside manner.” PeopleLongHappensPainUsedCommunicationTrainingEvidenceDoctorsThings HappenTraditionalUsed To BeTherapyOutcomesInjuryTreatmentDoctor WhoSchoolingWithout CommunicationBedside Manner Book:Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign Source: Pain: The Fifth Vital Sign
“I feel pain everywhere. A lot of guys in chairs do feel their legs. But if you don't, there's a thing called disreflex, so you know if something happens, say, you can't feel your foot or your leg and your body reacts. You know something's not right and you survey what's going on.” IfsKnowsFeelsBodyHappensPainGuyFeetLegsYour BodyThings HappenChairsSurveys Author:Mark Zupan
“The world is not against you, but the world is a place where bad things happen. It's just true. Airlines crash, people do evil things. A lot of bad things happen and it causes pain.” PeopleWorldHappensPainEvilCausesThings HappenBad ThingsCrashAirlineBad Things HappenEvil Things Author:Philip Yancey