By Rumi<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Keep your gaze on the bandaged place.
That\u2019s where the light enters you.
Don\u2019t run from the pain.
Face it, feel it, and let it teach you.
The wound is not the end.
It\u2019s the beginning of healing.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n