Pain as a compass.

[Zoe1]

surely growth is where our capacity for pain has increased

 

[LORD BURT]

surely growth is where our capacity for pain has increased

Say if you are tortoise that grows a shell. That shell can take a lot of battering and save the tortoise from pain. So by that analogy you are right

 

[Zoe1]

Say if you are tortoise that grows a shell. That shell can take a lot of battering and save the tortoise from pain. So by that analogy you are right

no thats not what I meant at all Burt

suppose you enrol for the army and do the training
which is super tough from what Bear Grylls has written about it

when you qualify, your capacity to endure certain types of suffering has increased
in fact some of the painful things will no longer cause you to suffer

the same can be true of emotional growth

 

[LORD BURT]

Yes I do feel as we grow, as we age we become stronger and more resilient. We meet old challenges with a more adept mind. We are able to overcome this.

Yes I agree with you.

 

[Zoe1]

k so there is less of a need to run from your feelings

 

[LORD BURT]

k so there is less of a need to run from your feelings

Feelings are a strange thing tho. Many times I have felt that my feelings did not matter.

Beside that, with a mental illness we are forced to endure. We are forced to live a life of suffering.

What does our feelings have to do with it?

 

[Zoe1]

im not a plumber I'm just suggesting a plumber could help

 

[LORD BURT]

You are a silly woman

 

[Zoe1]

im not a silly woman its a good analogy it really is