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Inspirational Podcast Excerpt: Even as the stone of the fruit must break so that the seed may stand in the sun, so we must know pain. But pain is not, like joy, an end in itself. It is often the result of mistakes (conscious or unconscious), and carries with it self-condemnation, regret, and remorse.

When a pain is necessary for some desired end, we can bear it with a degree of resignation. But the futile pain that deprives us of usefulness, breaks our spirit, and renders us a burden to others, is hard to bear. Few of us can rise to the heights of St. Paul and glory in our infirmities.

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