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Jennifer James Quotes about Pain

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Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks. They are not people whose lives have been calm and predictable. A life under

Studies of people who report high well-being in their fifties and sixties indicate that they have lived lives that involved personal risks. They are not people whose lives have been calm and predictable. A life under tight control sometimes produces quiet desperation. High well-being is a life that has depth and quality. Risks, losses, problems, and tragedy add pain to a life. That pain becomes a teacher. We learn; the pain gives us no choice.

Jennifer James
Teacher, Pain, Loss
Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks

Pain is a great teacher, but most of us would rather learn some other way.

Jennifer James
Teacher, Pain, Way
Jennifer James (1987). “Windows”, Newmarket Press

Then you will be the one others envy, and you can remember the pain and reach out to them.

Jennifer James
Jealousy, Pain, Envy
Jennifer James (1986). “Success Is the Quality of Your Journey”, William Morrow Paperbacks

People are beginning to realize that self-knowledge is not an end in itself. It's for the purpose of better relationships, so that we can give to our community. You can give from overflow. It's very hard to give from emptiness. . . . People who avoid self-knowledge cause a great deal of pain to themselves as well as to their families and friends.

Jennifer James
Pain, Self, People

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