"The presence of God has never eliminated pain, only made it more bearable. Mysterious as it is -- no matter our pain or excitement, our drama or circumstances -- all that we can hope for is here." Mark Nepo
In the above quote, Nepo is speaking of the physical pain he had in having a rib removed and the resulting chemotherapy for cancer. We humans do seem to love our dramas. We can get so caught up in what someone did or did not do that offends us, the unfairness of it all, how someone won't do what we think we would prefer they do. Sometimes I think it would be easy to be loving and forgiving, if we all lived in caves; but it is those pesky relationships that cause us to grow. It is in relationship that we learn our own shortcomings and come to see the soul within the other -- and that we are all connected. It is in relationships that our own rough edges are worn smooth, and we become compassionate human beings -- seeing that all people are trying their best within the belief systems they are created.
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