Zibuse L Kunene once wrote, “You must believe that pain is not part of life but life itself, just as is pleasure. You must believe that nothing lasts forever, that life has seasons that you must go through. You don't have a choice but to believe. However, whether you believe or not, what has to happen will happen, with or without your belief.”
In this podcast, https://podcasts.apple.com/za/podcast/the-daily-mastery-podcast-by-robin-sharma/id1521068608?i=1000677088502, Robin Sharma argues that “we must honour our pain. Suffering has always provided soil for awesome creativity, next-level productivity and innovation. In the quiet times of my own life’s largest heartbreaks, I retreated from the world [like a wounded animal retreats to the woods for healing]. And I remained in the wilderness—befriending the pain and allowing it to purify me as much as possible”.