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Suffering
by Susan Q TomasThere is no spiritual growth without suffering.
However, there is suffering without spiritual growth.
Ask only for the suffering to stop,
Or also ask why you are suffering,
And grow.
11/03/2007 Author's Note: Inspired while reading The Wound of Knowledge by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury.
Posted on 11/03/2007
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| Posted by Meagan Green on 11/03/07 at 10:47 PM I love the first two lines and the rest to back them up. Good job. |
| Posted by Gira Bryant on 11/04/07 at 01:17 AM ...and yet the Buddhists teach that it is only attachment to the physical world which causes suffering. Pain, to quote a saying, is inevitable, suffering is optional. Lasting spiritual growth is most easily achieved when we are open and in unity with spirit - however you choose to define spirit for yourself... |
| Posted by Quinlan L Gibson on 11/04/07 at 05:17 PM Inspirations from other readings is my favorite! It's like a personal gift from the author. You see divinely deep bonita! |
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