To ease another's heartache is to forget one's own.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Helping others with their pain helps you heal your own.
- In plain terms
- When you help someone else feel better, you feel better too.
- What can you take from it?
- Focus on easing others' pain to ease your own.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- How does helping others affect you?
- What pain are you holding on to?
Another view
Sometimes personal healing requires direct self-focus instead.
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