In this life:
“Pain is certain.
Suffering is optional.”
You broke your leg.
– That is PAIN.
“I broke my leg because I’m stupid.
I should have not broken my leg.
Why me? I don’t deserve this.
I want my life back. I didn’t do
anything wrong.
The world is conspiring against me.”
⁃That is SUFFERING.
Resisting pain, rejecting struggle, wishing that reality were different – all causes sufferings.
“Bad things and situations are guaranteed to happen.
How we react to them defines who we are in this dual existence.”
⁃Julio Martinez, MD
Life is absurd and putting too much narratives and overthinking just make it worse.
“Pain is certain. Suffering is optional.”
From,
R. De La Rosa, MD
April 6, 2024
