History: The Prophet: On Pain

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||On Pain| And a woman spoke, saying, "Tell us of Pain."| And he said:| Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding.| Even as the stone of the fruit must break, that its heart may stand in the sun, so must you know pain.| And could you keep your heart in wonder at the daily miracles of your life, your pain would not seem less wondrous than your joy;| And you would accept the seasons of your heart, even as you have always accepted the seasons that pass over your fields.| And you would watch with serenity through the winters of your grief.| Much of your pain is self-chosen.| It is the bitter potion by which the physician within you heals your sick self.| Therefore trust the physician, and drink his remedy in silence and tranquillity:| For his hand, though heavy and hard, is guided by the tender hand of the Unseen,| And the cup he brings, though it burn your lips, has been fashioned of the clay which the Potter has moistened with His own sacred tears.| || ||((The Prophet|The Prophet)) |le prije ctuca / le pijyctu (the wise teacher) ((The Prophet: The Coming of the Ship)) |.i nu selklama le bloti ((The Prophet: On Love)) |lo ka prami ((The Prophet: On Marriage)) |lo nu speni ((The Prophet: On Children)) |lo panzi ((The Prophet: On Giving)) |lo nu dunda ((The Prophet: On Eating and Drinking)) |lo nu citka je pinxe ((The Prophet: On Work)) |lo zu'o gunka ((The Prophet: On Joy and Sorrow)) |lo li'i gleki je badri ((The Prophet: On Houses)) |lo zdani ((The Prophet: On Clothes)) |lo taxfu ((The Prophet: On Buying and Selling)) |lo nu tevecnu je vecnu ((The Prophet: On Crime and Punishment)) |lo zekri .e lo nu sfasa ((The Prophet: On Laws)) |lo flalu ((The Prophet: On Freedom)) |lo za'i zifre ((The Prophet: On Reason and Passion)) | lo nu krinu pensi .e lo se cinmo ((The Prophet: On Pain)) | lo nu dunku ((The Prophet: On Self-Knowledge)) | lo nu sevzi djuno ((The Prophet: On Teaching)) | lo nu ctuca ((The Prophet: On Friendship)) | lo nu pendo ((The Prophet: On Talking)) | lo nu tavla ((The Prophet: On Time)) | lo temci ((The Prophet: On Good and Evil)) | lo ka vrude .e lo ka pacna ((The Prophet: On Prayer)) | lo nu jdaselsku ((The Prophet: On Pleasure)) | lo za'i pluka ((The Prophet: On Beauty)) | lo ka melbi ((The Prophet: On Religion)) | lo lijde ((The Prophet: On Death)) | lo nu morsi ((The Prophet: The Farewell)) | le nu cusku zo co'o||