Know Pain, Know Gain

Okay, so I know it's a play on the "no pain, no gain" tag, but I prefer the positive edge the title gives.

I've just started reading 'The Road Less Travelled' by M. Scott Peck (1990 - yeah it's been around awhile) and in the first few chapters have come across the following gems:

PROBLEMS do not go away. They must be worked through or else they remain, forever a barrier to growth and development.

... many people simply do not take the time necessary (for many reasons other than lack of time) to solve life's intellectual, social or spiritual problems.

In attempting to avoid the pain of responsibility, millions of people daily attempt to escape from freedom. One's adult life is a series of personal choices, decisions. If you can accept this totally, you become free.

And a throw-back from the 60's, attributed to Eldridge Cleaver, "If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem".

Then, finally for this post: The life of wisdom must be a life of contemplation combined with action.

Keep evolving!