October 2019
Beginner
400 pages
7h 56m
English
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August 4Suffering Strengthens
They say that “time assuages,”— / Time never did assuage; / An actual suffering strengthens, / As sinews do, with age. / / Time is a test of trouble, / But not a remedy. / If such it prove, it prove too / There was no malady.
Emily Dickinson—“Life,” The Collected Poems of Emily Dickinson (1855)
The hard part about reading Emily Dickinson is that often you must find truth in what can only be seen as a large dose of bitterness. (Oh, and for the record assuage = heals.)
“That which does not kill you only makes you stronger” could be a quick way to sum up today's reading, but then she suggests that suffering in some way must strengthen if it is real.
Such a downer, right?
But what if we could see this as something more like smoldering wisdom? Something that drives us to find a way to survive and thrive without the manufactured construct of time? Perhaps our suffering is what creates our resilience, our determination, and our self-trust when properly harnessed.
When taking the Old English definition of sinews to mean “source of power,” this is the money line:
- An actual suffering strengthens,
- As sinews do, with age.
Challenge Question
- What have you gained from suffering at some point in your life?
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