“I think the way we think about cancer, the way we treat cancer, has dramatically changed in the last century. There is an enormous amount of options that a physician can provide today, right down from curing patients, treating patients or providing patients with psychic solace or pain relief.” ThinkingWayTodayPainLastsCenturyChangedAmountTreatsPatientCancerEnormousReliefProvidingPhysiciansPsychicsSolacePain ReliefTreating Patients Author:Siddhartha Mukherjee
“Everybody prays whether [you think] of it as praying or not. The odd silence you fall into when something very beautiful is happening or something very good or very bad. The ah-h-h-h! that sometimes floats up out of you as out of a Fourth of July crowd when the sky-rocket bursts over the water. The stammer of pain at somebody else s pain. The stammer of joy at somebody else's joy. Whatever words or sounds you use for sighing with over your own life. These are all prayers in their way.” ThinkingWayLifeSometimesUsePainBeautifulJoyFallSoundWaterPrayerSilenceSkyPrayingHappeningsVery GoodCrowdsOddOver YouFourthFloatsRocketsJulyVery Beautiful Author:Frederick Buechner
“Pain is a difficult companion. There's no getting around that. But, if pain is to be a companion, searching and discovering your own best ways to travel with that pain will lead you to the joy that you long to have. They are your paths, your ways and while my experience and the experiences of others may inspire you, ultimately it will be the choices you discover and make for yourself that lead you to certain joy in the midst of your challenges.” IfsWayLoveMayLongPainJoyCertainChoicesDifficultChallengesLeadershipPathInspireBest WayMidstCompanionDiscovering Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“A pain free, active lifestyle is not only possible, but it is the way you should expect to feel and live, no matter your age, no matter your previous experience.” WayFeelsShouldMatterAgePainActiveLifestyleActive Lifestyle Author:Pete Egoscue
“There is no such thing as happiness. Life bends joy and pain, beauty and ugliness, in such a way that no one may isolate them. No one should want to. Perfect joy, or perfect pain, with no contrasting element to define them, would mean a monotony of consciousness, would mean death” WayWantShouldMayMeanPainJoyPerfectConsciousnessElementsUglinessLife HappinessMonotonyJoy And Pain Author:Jean Toomer
“The best way to get a move to work is to make it so uncomfortable that the opponent gives it to you to stop the pain.” WayGivingPainMovingBest WayUncomfortableOpponents Author:Carlson Gracie
“Imagine you are walking in the woods and you see a small dog sitting by a tree. As you approach it, it suddenly lunges at you, teeth bared. You are frightened and angry. But then you notice that one of its legs is caught in a trap. Immediately your mood shifts from anger to concern: You see that the dog's aggression is coming from a place of vulnerability and pain. This applies to all of us. When we behave in hurtful ways, it is because we are caught in some kind of trap. The more we look through the eyes of wisdom at ourselves and one another, the more we cultivate a compassionate heart.” WayLooksHeartKindEyePainImagineTreeDogWalkingApproachSittingConcernAngryCaughtLegsWoodsMoodTeethBehaveVulnerabilityFrightenedCompassionateAggressionTrapsHurtfulThrough The EyesSmall Dogs Author:Tara Brach
“Love entered in my heart one dayA sad, unwelcome guest.But when it begged that it might stayI let it stay and restIt broke my nights with sorrowingIt filled my heart with fearsAnd, when my soul was prone to sing,It filled my eyes with tears.But...now that it has gone its way,I miss the dear ole pain.And, sometimes, in the night I prayThat Love might come again.” WayHeartSoulSometimesMightEyePainNightGoneMissingTearsMy HeartOne DayFilledDearMy SoulBrokeGuestsUnwelcome Author:J. California Cooper
“A personal offense is like a scratch on a phonograph record. I couldn't move my thoughts beyond my pain. It kept repeating, as if I were stuck within its grooves. There was only one way to play beyond it. I had to forgive them, so my heart could take its form again.” IfsWayHeartPlayPainMovingFormRecordsMy HeartForgivingStuckOne WayOffenseMy ThoughtsScratchesGroovePhonograph Author:Laurel Lea
“A laugh lifestyle is predicated upon our attitude toward the daily stuff of life. When those tasks seem too dull to endure, figure out a way to make them fun; get creative and entertain yourself. If the stuff of life for you right now is not dull and boring but instead painful and overwhelming, find something in the midst of the pain that makes you smile or giggle anyway. There's always something somewhere. . . even if you have to just pretend to laugh until you really do!” IfsWaySeemsPainFunStuffAttitudeLaughingCreativeFiguresRight NowLaughterTasksEndurePainfulBoringLifestyleDullMidstOverwhelmingGiggleMake You Smile Book:The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg Source: The Best Devotions of Marilyn Meberg
“Heaven is the perfect place to raise children. Everything will be just the way it was intended to be in the beginning, a perfect environment without pain and danger, accidents and death and the horrors of this world. Babies won't have to cry. - They'll have everything they need. We'll be able to read their little minds, and we won't have to wonder what they're needing. Just think of all the advantages of rearing children in Heaven. It will be pure pleasure!” ThinkingWorldWayNeedsMindChildrenLittlesAblePainHeavenPerfectPleasureWonderEnvironmentCryDangerThis WorldBabyHorrorPureAdvantageRaisesAccidentsHeavenlyWithout PainLittle MindsRearing A Child Author:David Berg
“Life for most people is a bad dream. They live in pain, grabbing at what they can for pleasure. As they grow old, they despair. Things don't work out the way you planned.” PeopleWayDreamPainSufferingGrowsPleasureDespairWork OutGrabbingBad Dream Author:Frederick Lenz
“When you die in this life, you might be experiencing pain, but the structure of your perceptual field will determine your next lifetime. That structure has been determined by the way you have led this life.” WayHas BeensMightPainDiesNextFieldsStructureLifetimeDetermineDeterminedThis LifeRebirthNext Lifetime Author:Frederick Lenz
“There are two ways. One is to be a puppet, follow the culture, and do whatever they want. That was mentally disturbing to me, and still is. And the other way is to go out. I knew there would be problems from my family, and also from my environment. But I thought that physical pain would be better than the mental pain. And I started working as an artist.” WayWantStillsTwoProblemWould BePainArtistCultureEnvironmentMy FamilyDisturbingTwo WaysPuppetsPhysical PainMental Pain Author:Malina Suliman