Mark Manson | How to Grow from Your Pain @IAmMarkManson | Uploaded December 2020 | Updated October 2024, 9 hours ago.
A lesson on how to grow from your pain.

We will always experience pain, loss, discomfort, disappointment, and frustration. There is absolutely nothing you can do to prevent these things.

We cannot control the pain in our lives. What we can control is the meaning we ascribe to our pain. And it’s that meaning that determines whether our pain causes us to suffer or not.

If we decide that the pain of our break-up means we’re losers and unworthy of love, then we will suffer. If we decide that our break-up means that our partner wasn’t the right person for us, then we will be better off for our pain. If we decide that the pain of losing our job means we’re doomed to be a broke failure, then we will suffer. If we decide that losing our job will be the catalyst that changed our attitude towards work and responsibility, then we will be better off for our pain. Whatever the case, we can choose to avoid our pain or choose to engage our pain. When we avoid our pain, we suffer. When we engage our pain, we grow.

This is all to say that pain is good for you and I’ve made an awesome video to explain exactly why, So watch it. Like it. Subscribe to it. And go embrace some pain.

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