"The Prophet" By Khalil Gibran. On Pain

The woman asks the prophet to speak about the pain, and the prophet brings people's awareness to the core of it; this audio is the chapter from the book "The Prophet" by Khalil Gibran, called "On Pain."

Transcript

On pain and the woman spoke saying tell us of pain and he said your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding even as the stone of the fruit must break that its heart may stand in the Sun so must you know pain and could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy and you would accept the seasons of your heart even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields and you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief much of your pain is self-chosen it is the bitter potion by which physician within you heals your sick self therefore trust the physician and drink his remedy in silence and tranquility for his hand though heavy and hard is guided by the tender hand of the unseen and the cup he brings though it burn your lips has been fashioned of the clay which the potter has moisten with his own sacred tears