Pain Is Inevitable, But Suffering Is Optional.

The Dalai Lama said, "Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional."

This quote really resonates with me and I love to share it with my clients.

For starters, it acknowledges that the pain we feel as part of this human experience is very real.

And at the same time, it gives us hope that we do have some control over some things.

Pain is a very real part of being a human.

In fact, no one escapes this mortal journey without a serious heap of pain.

We often make our pain much worse with all the judgements we have and the stories we tell about our pain.

Those things cause us to suffer, and suffering is optional.

If we can drop the judgement and be more intentional with our stories, we can decrease the suffering.

You can choose to let those things go.

I can show you how.