"In Eastern philosophy, pain and suffering are two very different things.
Pain is the inevitable hardships of life, and suffering is the
avoidable negative narrative we add on top of that. Losing your job is
pain -- telling yourself that this means you're a failure is suffering.
Ending a relationship is pain -- interpreting this to mean that you'll
never meet anyone again is suffering. You can't eliminate pain, but you
can end suffering."
I love this concept. Inescapably we will meet pain physically or emotionally. Winners accept pain and move on. Losers suffer. I've suffered too much; to attain a casual relationship with pain would be a great step forward.
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