Every pain has a purpose and gives meaning to our life. Pain has a language of its own. It is a great emotional teacher which crafts us into thewarriors of life. It molds and shapes a person into thebest possible version of hisown self. Pain makes onestronger and resilient in the face of adversity. It is thepowerful driving force that makes us kind and considerate. It Plunges an individual into the ocean of truth and revolutionizes him as a person. Pain is a Path to success. The victorious people in the world have achieved greater success through pain and sufferings and used it as a weapon of strength and opportunity to move forward optimistically in life.
We can give our pain a meaning by the way we respond to it. As Viktore Frankl in his book ‘Mans Search For Meaning’ says, “You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you feel and do about that situation”. Frankl claims there are three ways to find meaning in life: through love, through work and through Pain. He used his suffering as an opportunity to make himself a better person. Even in the worst painful situation, man always has a freedom to choose his attitude towards life. By embracing thepain we give ourselves that space to grow up in life.
Pain instills passion. We cannot have passion without pain. The more pain we feel about any issue the more passionate our stance becomes on that subject. If injustices done to any part of society pains us to the core then serving justice to that Part of society becomes ourlonepassion. The great Martin Luther King faced many trials and tribulations in his life while on mission for equality. He experienced racial discrimination from the very young time. His quest for achieving equality and justice for Americans of all colors became his only Purpose of life and it was the pain which gave Purpose to his life and he decided to dedicate his whole life for People.
Pain also cultivates compassion. It is never a symbol of weakness. We learn to harness the power of pain when we acknowledge it and let it to transform into a source of empowerment and growth. Without pain there is no gain. What hurts us heals us too. All we need is that will power and wisdom to rise above the storms of life and get that sunshine which still shines behind all those thick clouds.
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