“Life is pain, Highness. Any one who says differently is selling something.” (William Goldman - Princess Bride)
Life is also pleasure and beauty and wonder and grief.
Humans naturally want to move away from what feels hard and painful- how useful! That’s probably helped keep us alive!
But it also weakens us. What good are muscles you don’t ever use?
There’s healthy discomfort and unhealthy discomfort. If your wellness and/or spiritual practices aren’t helping you learn to discern the difference and build capacity for the good one, you’re missing out.
You can’t heal your way out of being human. Being human is what you’re here for.
What you seek isn’t somewhere else. It’s right here. In this moment.
The answers aren’t out but through. You can tune up by tuning in.