Pain is inevitable in the material world, but suffering is optional. Suffering is the mental resistance to pain.
Buddhist Wisdom
General Teaching
Meaning:
Physical or emotional discomfort may occur, but we make it into suffering by complaining about it or fighting it. Liberation is the grace to accept what is without internal conflict.

Daily Application

If you experience discomfort today, try to observe it without the thought This should not be happening. By removing the resistance, you will find that the pain loses its power to make you suffer.

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