"Many of us are tempted to think that if we suffer, the only important thing is to be relieved of our pains. We want to flee it all costs. But when we learn to move through suffering, rather than avoid it, then we greet it differently. We become willing to let it teach us. We even begin to see how God can use it for some larger end. Suffering becomes something other than a nuisance or curse to be evaded at all costs, but a way into deeper fulfillment. Ultimately mourning means facing what wounds us in the presence of One who can heal."

(Henry Nowen, "TURN MY MOURNING INTO DANCING")

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