If pain could have cured us
we would long ago have been saved.
—George Bernard Shaw
Reflection
There is a myth which says that if we endure enough
pain then at a certain point we are assured a won-
derful life. It ain't so. Unfortunately some of us
become addicted to pain and accept it as our natural
state. Yes, life presents us with painful situations,
and yes, there is a lot of what seems to be unjust
pain. But it is not necessary to volunteer for it or to
ask for more than your share.
Affirmation
I know that life will bring painful situations for me;
give me the wisdom to move past them to know hap-
piness gain.
