# Suffering's Source

**Published by:** [jer979](https://paragraph.com/@jer979-2/)
**Published on:** 2025-10-24
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That thing I want which can only be given to me by someone else, but I don’t get? The pain of rejection isn’t caused by them. The injury that sidelines me from my exercise routine? The pain of non-participation isn’t caused by it. The uncertainty about what is the right decision? The fear isn’t caused by the choice. All of them are caused by me. And me alone. I am the source of the pain, the fear. The water flows from the well, bubbling forth from a spring. I can use it to drown myself. Or I can use it to wash myself. I can use it to destroy the seedlings. Or I can use it to nourish them. What do I do at the source, with the source? That will determine the flow of the stream.

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