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The Message of Pain: C S Lewis
Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains. It is his megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C.S. Lewis The image is copyright: Lightspring via Shutterstock
Mental Pain: C S Lewis
Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear. The frequent attempt to conceal mental pain increases the burden: it is easier to say “My tooth is aching” than to … Continue reading
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Tagged CS Lewis, Depression, Pain, Problem of Pain, Psychological pain
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Personality: J B Yeats
Personality is born out of pain. It is the fire shut up in the flint. J B Yeats 1839-1922 Letters to His Son, W B Yeats, And Others The image of the Rorshach ink blot personality test is copyright: Kovalchuk … Continue reading
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Tagged Depression, John Butler Yeats, Pain, Personality, Psychology, W B Yeats
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Endurance and Hardship: A C Benson
There remain times when one can only endure. One lives on, one doesn’t die, and the only thing that one can do is to fill one’s mind and time as far as possible with the concerns of other people. It … Continue reading
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Tagged A C Benson, Depression, endurance, hardship, Pain, thinking of others
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The Faith Healer of Deal
There was a faith healer of Deal Who said ‘though I know pain’s not real, If I sit on a pin, And it punctures my skin, I dislike what I fancy I feel. The illustration is a hindu sadhu, ‘a … Continue reading
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Tagged bed of nails, faith healer, fakir, imaginary pain, limerick, mind over matter, Pain, saddhu, varanasi india
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The Stars Have Not Dealt Me The Worst They Could Do
The stars have not dealt me the worst they could do: My pleasures are plenty, my troubles are two. But oh, my two troubles they reave me of rest, The brains in my head and the heart in my breast. … Continue reading
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