Find Meaning in the Pain

• Jot down a mandatory work task you find devoid of meaning—something you dread.
• Ask yourself what the purpose of the task is and write it down.
• Ask yourself what this result leads to. Write it down.
• Continue this process until you find a meaningful result.

• No matter how good we expect life to be, the pain, suffering, and the constant struggle is what gives meaning to life. The sweet isn't sweet without the sour.

• It is through our hardships that we are grateful towards what we have and it is our unpleasant experiences that ...

Being alive means feeling pain, feeling fear, feeling disconnected sometimes. Allow yourself to feel it, and imagine that this is what living feels like.

Because life isn’t numbness and avoidance, and it’s not all butterflies and sunshine.