"Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding." –Kahlil Gibran
Have you ever noticed how people will push through physical pain to reach a goal because they feel the outcome is worth the pain (getting a tattoo, having a baby, sports, etc). But yet, people refuse to heal a broken heart because they're AFRAID OF GETTING HURT AGAIN?
"When you squeeze an orange, orange juice comes out because that's what's inside. When you are squeezed, what comes out is what is inside." — Dr. Wayne Dyer: Motivational author and speaker
Humans seem to be very reluctant to repeat any experience which produced emotional pain. Unfortunately, this avoidance behavior not only hinders finding and developing healthy relationships, but occasionally even causes people to purposely injure themselves.
"The cave you fear to enter holds the treasure you seek." — Joseph Campbell: Was a mythologist, author, and lecturer
Since a human heart is physically the hardest working organ in the body (it never stops or rests), it also has the capacity to bear great emotional pain without breaking or stopping. Heartbreak is just a natural part of the human emotional design. But just like any muscle, the greater the pain and stress, the stronger a muscle grows. With each painful experience, your emotional intelligence and courageous heart also grows. This develops your wisdom.
"Your experience of life is not based on your life, but on what you pay attention to." — Gregg Krech
So never be afraid to feel and acknowledge your heartbreak. If you can endure and push through physical pain, you can just as easily push through emotional pain. You will not only survive but actually thrive from your perseverance.
"Simple kindness to one's self and all that lives is the most powerful transformational force of all." — Dr. David Hawkins: Psychiatrist, physician, spiritual teacher, and lecturer
Enjoy life now — it has an expiration date!
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