Former House Majority Leader Dick Armey (R-Texas) would say about budget negotiations that “the pain was inevitable but the suffering was optional.” Sometimes, though, the suffering is not optional.
Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional. That’s wisdom for life, and it’s essential for every runner to understand. Years of psychological research on pain has revealed a consistent finding: Our ...
Linda: Regardless of what we do, life will at some point bring us losses, disappointments, and instances of physical and emotional pain. Pain is inevitable; suffering is optional. Pain is the ...
Direct Marketing News: Buddha said, “Pain is certain; suffering is optional.” Here’s how I used that wisdom to get through the worst year of my life.
I remember the day I stumbled upon the idea that pain is inevitable but suffering is something we can choose to let go of. It was during a moment of utter chaos in my life—a period when everything ...
Buddha said, “Pain is certain; suffering is optional.” Here’s how I used that wisdom to get through the worst year of my life.
How Do You Use Your Suffering? | Shia LaBeouf Pain is inevitable. Suffering is universal. But what you do with it? That’s what defines you. In this powerful and raw speech, Shia LaBeouf opens up about ...
Artists have forever represented pain, but it is something most must endure alone. An inevitable part of the human experience, pain is impossible to objectively measure, but felt universally. While ...
There has been a lot of debate about our Pain Essay, "Questioning the Boundary Between Pain and Suffering." We argued that pain is not simply the cause of suffering, but that the two have a more ...