The Path of Suffering
Everyone wants to be happy
It’s in our blood and bones
This desire for pleasure.
And yet the irony is that suffering
Is the path
To happiness.
Without suffering
We don’t know where to turn
Or what to turn away from.
(11/24/25)
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