When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering. (Brenda Shoshanna)

When we do not reject our suffering, or add anything to it, pain is simply pain. It is what we add to our pain that turns it into suffering.

Brenda Shoshanna

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