Christina's Daily Inspiration- Contemplative Meditations

ON PAIN~Your pain is the breaking of the shell that enclosesyour understanding.Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that itsheart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.And could you keep your heart in wonder at thedaily miracles of your life, your pain would not seemless wondrous than your joy;And you would accept the seasons of your heart,even as you have always accepted the seasons thatpass over your fields.And you would watch with serenity through thewinters of your grief.Much of your pain is self-chosen.It is the bitter potion by which the physician withinyou heals your sick self.Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedyin silence and tranquillity:For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided bythe tender hand of the Unseen,And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, hasbeen fashioned of the clay which the Potter hasmoistened with His own sacred tears.Khalil Gibran www.christinabauer.com