The Gift of Pain “This has always been the service of pain – that it awakens within us something that has been asleep, and yet that has been necessary for the further development of wholeness of the self. It does not come into being without cause, but rather as a force for healing, to bring the self back to the path of truth and growth and toward the light of wholeness.” (http://www.buzzle.com/articles/rose-thorn.html)
When I first experience an unexpected pain or burden, I think ________________________________ _________________________ and feel __________________________________________________. But as the pain persists, if I will begin to look to a deeper place inside me I will discover ___________ __________________________________________________________________________________ . This discovery will uncover a part of me that ______________________________________________ _______________________________________ and helps me become ________________________ ________________________ by _______________________________________________________. If I do not examine this pain and/or burden it is likely that this part of me would have_____________ __________________________________________________________________________________ and I would never know _________________________________________________ about myself.
Briefly tell how a past pain or burden brought more self awareness to you. And what you did with that self awareness.
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