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A Short Story About Frida Kahlo And The Unexpected Gifts Pain Can Provide [Excerpt]

A Short Story About Frida Kahlo And The Unexpected Gifts Pain Can Provide [Excerpt]

Excerpt: Pain is inevitable. How we channel pain, however, is a choice. This short story about Frida Kahlo will show you the gifts pain can provide.

A powerful realization.

A powerful realization.

First rule of mental health:

First rule of mental health:

Pain is inevitable.

Pain is inevitable.

Feel it to heal it.

Feel it to heal it.

Not fragile.

Not fragile.

“How much better to heal than seek revenge from injury. Vengeance wastes a lot of time and exposes you to many more injuries than the first that sparked it. Anger always outlasts hurt. Best to take the opposite course. Would anyone think it normal to return a kick to a mule or a bite to a dog?”
Seneca, On Anger, The Daily Stoic (Page 306)

Healing doesn’t come from passing on pain.

Healing doesn't come from passing on pain.

You will heal.

You will heal.

It’s the path towards healing.

It's the path towards healing.

That’s okay.

That's okay.

This might be hard to hear, but:

This might be hard to hear, but:

When true healing occurs:

When true healing occurs:

Read that again.

Read that again.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Let them do their work.

Let them do their work.

Time does not heal all wounds.

Time does not heal all wounds.

Don’t fake being okay.

Don't fake being okay.

Healing is about regaining control.

Healing is about regaining control.

Let’s give each other a break.

Let's give each other a break.