How Is the Pain in My Life “For Me?”: Finding Meaning in Suffering

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How Is the Pain in My Life “For Me?”: Finding Meaning in Suffering

I’ve weathered many situations that have tested my resilience and shaken me to the very core of my existence. These excruciating experiences, often painful and enraging, were the punctuating moments that threatened to end me. Yet, I persevered – I survived. And, I gained new perspectives on the significance of past traumas and the uncertainty of future trials.

To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.

_Friedrich Nietzsche, “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”