“Perfer et obdura, dolor hic tibi proderit olim.”
—Ovid
Translation: “Be patient and tough; someday this pain will be useful to you.”
If I were the type of person that wanted a gravestone when I died, this would be what I would want written on it. All three of these things are useful: patience, toughness, and yes, even pain. If anything, pain brings about both patience and toughness. But is it possible to be too tough? You become too hard and brittle and then you just break. It is what it is.
Yes, this is so very true. I try to remind myself of this every day. Some days I’m better at it than others.
I’ve really gotten into Tumblr again lately. I find it to be a great way to collect words and photos that speak to me. I’d forgotten about it for a long time. You can find my Tumbr blog here, and eventually I hope to make a separate page on this site to host my Tumblr posts. For now, there’s a link to my most recent Tumblr posts on my sidebar.
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