Daily Post #3110 • June 14 2026 • Resilience

The pain is the point

When you’re about to lose someone, the pain is the point. The real tragedy would be to not feel pain.

When you’re wrestling with your art, the pain is the point, for the same reasons. It shows just how very much you care.

Maybe we don’t want these things to be easier, more efficient, more productive.

Maybe the pain is the point.

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