Pain is what the world inflicts upon us. Suffering is our emotional reaction when we fail to make the difficult conscious choice to choose Joy.

Joy and pain are like sunshine and rain.

God gave us pain to remind us we are alive, so we will learn to value the joys and beauty of the world.

Wisdom is nothing more than healed pain.

Pain is immune to empathy...like love.

The most painful goodbye's are those which were never said and never explained.

If you aren't in the moment, you are either looking forward to uncertainty, or back to pain and regret.