One thing about pain: It proves you're alive.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Pain is presented as proof of physical life rather than a burden.
- In plain terms
- Feeling pain shows you are alive.
- What can you take from it?
- Pain confirms existence.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What proves I am alive?
- How do I view suffering?
Another view
Absence of pain can also indicate health, not death.
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