4 reasons why youve got to experience painful moments 1. Pain helps you appreciate every little good thing that comes your way. “Comparison is the thief of joy.” This is such a commonly used quote that some would say its already a cliché. Now, while comparing your experience with other peoples experience will really rob you off your joy (since life really is unfair), comparing your experiences with one another can indeed make you appreciate everything more. If you dont know pain or sorrow, how can you know happiness and joy? You can only feel joy once youve felt sadness. 2. Pain lets you know who your real friends are. Pain isnt pretty – both physically and emotionally. When youre this crazy, depressed and hard to be with, who will still want to stay with you? Who will still cope with your behavior and help you get back on your feet? Your real friends will call you out on your behavior and have a hard time coping with your suffering self. However, they wont leave you. Theyll stay with you, be with you and still support you through your darkest hours. 3. Pain gives you clarity. As an example, the pain of losing a loved one is real. Its sincere. Its heart-felt. Death isnt serene at all! Its messy, its complicated and its hurtful. Having this knowledge, youd learn to treat death as something that is real instead of something that is idealistic. Also, the clarity that you get from pain allows you to bring comfort to other people in the future. You cant comfort someone if you dont know exactly what theyre going through, right? 4. Pain gives you that push to enable you to make the necessary changes in your life. When I lost my grandfather, I realized that family is really one of my priorities in life. One of my biggest regrets was not having enough money to take him to the nearest hospital when he had a stroke. I thought to myself, Hey, Im already working! Where did my salary go to? Why wasnt my sweldo there with me when I needed it the most? The pain, the frustrations and the several months of binge-eating made me realize that I could experience all these again – if I wasnt prepared enough. So I stood up, learned about personal finance and got my finances in order for me to be able to take care of my family. Naturally, I didnt stop with just myself. I wanted to reach out to more people and encourage them to work on their money management as well. I didnt want them to feel the pain of losing a loved one just because of a lack of awareness on how to properly handle money! You see, pain encourages you to grow and develop as a better person. Do you know how a small seed can become a huge tree some day? Its not just because of the nourishing water or the rich soil – its because of the harsh sunlight as well. So the next time you encounter a painful experience, cry. Yell. Curse. In the end, youll realize that pain is a much needed precursor for you to change for the best. (c) Rappler (c) Trivia Mania -E
Posted on: Sun, 17 Nov 2013 17:17:03 +0000
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