#painful

Meditation is painful in the beginning but it bestows immortal Bliss and supreme joy in the end. ↗

— Swami Sivananda

#bestows #bliss #end #immortal #in the beginning

I write to be truthful in my songs, which is why I wrote what's painfully truthful about my life in my autobiography. ↗

— Rick Springfield

#autobiography #i #i write #life #my life

God's arrows of affliction are sharp and painful so He can get our attention. He won't let His beloved children get away with sin because He knows it robs us of blessings, opportunities, and even character refinement. ↗

— Charles Stanley

#arrows #attention #away #because #beloved

The work of a psychotherapist involves being empathic and insightful with one's patients without getting too lost in their painful stories to be helpful. ↗

— Pamela Stephenson

#getting #helpful #insightful #involves #lost

Homosexuals reject the process of healing because it's too painful and time-consuming. ↗

— Randall Terry

#healing #homosexuals #painful #process #reject

It wasn't a sign of weakness to tell what happened to me. I feel guilt no longer, only regret. The other emotions are coming around too. How much further do I need to go? I'm not sure, but there is comfort in the fact that I am in the hands of expert guides, both in the doctor's office and at home with Sue. ↗

— Charles L. Bailey Jr.

#guilt #healing #journey #onion #painful

But the memories that hang heaviest are the easiest to recall. They hold in their creases the ability to change one's life, organically, forever. Even when you shake them out, they've left permanent wrinkles in the fabric of your soul. ↗

— Julie Gregory

#pain #painful-childhood #painful-memories #change

I never heard sound and thrill of my painful heart until that very day she touched it. ↗

— Santosh Kalwar

#heart #inspirational #life-lessons #painful #poetry

I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. ↗

— Albert Einstein

#i #live #maturity #painful #solitude

I'm here instead of having shoulder surgery. But I'm not sure which is more painful. ↗

— James Caan

#here #i #instead #more #painful