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  • Daisy Mae
  • May 21, 2016
  • 1 min read

How To Appreciate The Present Moment—Even When It's Painful

''My wife: It hurts when I wear these shoes.

Me: Then don’t wear those shoes.

My wife: But I like them.

Pain is a signal. Suffering is what happens when we ignore that signal, when we resist whatever change will be required to eliminate the source of pain: when we insist on wearing those shoes, or staying in that relationship, or trying to make a 13-hour road trip in one day with two young children strapped into car seats. Why would we do this?...''

by James Brown

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