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Wednesday, April 4, 2012

The Pain You Overcome Is Someone Else's Inspiration



You've probably heard it said that the pain you endure is for someone else. I believe that to be true to a certain degree. I don't think you can totally take yourself out of the equation though. A lot of the pain we experience (that God allows and that we don't inflict on ourselves) is for our character development and overall long term benefit. Yet, that character development is meant to assist others as well. The people who look up to you or who you are paving the way for (even if you are not conscience of it) are going to find motivation from your story. When they hear the odds that you overcame, they will then be able to muster the courage to face their own adversity (especially if it is similar). It is hard not to focus on ourselves when we are hurting, our natural inclination is to nurse our wounds as quickly as possible. But if we would take a moment to look beyond ourselves, we will perhaps see all of the aspiring souls watching are movements and hoping we will overcome them so they know it is possible for them to do the same.

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