Our world is filled with broken relationships and loneliness. Perhaps we should stop and consider how well we even know those we call our friends. Many of us fall into a trap of superficiality. Even in cities with millions of people milling around, men and women go through their day without one meaningful interaction or even a single experience of human touch.
We all assume that the people around us must have others in their lives, when in reality, the feeling of loneliness grows like a fog over their HEARTS.
Pain—it’s often seen as the great inhibitor, keeping us from happiness. But I see it as a giver of freedom.
How can comparing physical pain to emotional pain help a suffering person?
Discuss your own “pain history”—has most of your pain come from physical or emotional pain?
As a culture, the U.S. seems poorly designed to equip people for coping with pain. We quickly silence pain with pills. From infancy, babies are swaddled in soft blankets and shielded from hard edges. Central heating and air-conditioning temper the extremes of climate. Even going barefoot is not allowed in some households.
Do you think this pattern is unhealthy? Should parents be less concerned with protecting their children from pain and struggle?
Think how your own parents handled this issue in your upbringing.
The most intense pleasure comes from after prolonged struggle.
Think about a time of struggle in your life that pain proved rewarding. Have you ever experienced real growth apart from pain?
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