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Originally Posted by amonkie
Pain is a powerful teacher, and I seem to recall the times I have dealt with this, and the conclusions I carried away with the experience much more clearly and fully than the times where I made decisions based on other's experiences. Because of this, I generally prefer to experience things for myself, as I feel able to take more away living my life.
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Took the words right out of my mouth. As a wise woman once said, "Pain is the great teacher of mankind; beneath its breath, souls develop." Most lessons I've learned really well involved some kind of pain or discomfort. And when I didn't personally experience the pain, I learned the lesson from watching _someone else_ experience the pain directly, and identifying with them.