Suffering
We move through the world as surfaces
Shimmering with the visibilities of our accomplishments,
The undertone of our suffering invisible to passers-by!
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But because the engine of all creative energy is connection,
Suffering can serve as a mighty instrument of unselfing,
Of contacting that place where the spirit meets the bone of being,
That common core of human experience
It is only though the gates of suffering , either mental or physical,
That we can pass into that tender sympathy with the
Griefs of all of mankind
Which ought to be the ideal of every soul to attain!
People of uncommon creative vision have often touched the
The soul of humanity not because of their suffering but through it !
Perhaps the supreme mark of greatness is
leaving Something of substance and sweetness in the mouth of the world
Despite the bitter disappointments and heartbreak you suffer!