Tell your heart that the fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself. And that no heart has ever suffered when it goes in search of its dreams, because every second of the search is a second's encounter with God and with eternity.
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“The fear of suffering is worse than the suffering itself" - often the scenarios are not as bad as they are in our mind.
Is suffering really necessary? Yes and no.
If you had not suffered as you have, there would be no depth to you as a human being, no humility, no compassion.
“Likewise, no one loves or pursues or wants to experience suffering, not simply because of suffering itself, but because occasionally there are circumstances in which pain and suffering can give him great pleasure. As a simple example, who of us has ever done hard physical labor, other than to be...
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