Turn your wounds into wisdom. Oprah Winfrey


Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors African Proverb

When written in Chinese the word “crisis” is composed of two characters – one represents danger and the other represents opportunity. John F. Kennedy, address, 12 April 1959
The art of living lies less in eliminating our troubles than in growing with them. Bernard M. Baruch

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival. Winston Churchill
Just look at a butterfly to understand the mystery of suffering

If
you feel sorry for a
struggling butterfly
in empathy, cut the cocoon
helping him escape,
his wings will be deformed.
If
you allow a butterfly
to struggle, emerging slowly agonizingly from his prison,
his wings will be perfectly formed.
My tendency and I think all mother’s tendency is to want to save our children from suffering, from making mistakes. So I try to intellectually explain everything to death. But really, it rook suffering to strip me , heal me and bring me to place of humility where I could finally perceive reality. Do I really think that I can extricate them from the cocoon they are struggling to emerge from. If I do, all that I will do is to stunt their wings, just like when a butterfly is cut from a cocoon too early

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Melanie Jean Juneau serves as the Editor in Chief of Catholic Stand. She is a mother of nine children who has edited her kid's university term papers for over a decade. She blogs at joy of nine9 and mother of nine9. Her writing is humorous and heart warming; thoughtful and thought-provoking. Part of her call and her witness is to write the truth about children, family, marriage and the sacredness of life. Melanie is the administrator of ACWB, a columnist at CatholicLane, CatholicStand, Catholic365 , CAPC, author of Echoes of the Divine and Oopsy Daisy, and coauthor of Love Rebel: Reclaiming Motherhood.
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Melanie, this is such a blessing for us to remember. I love the quote about turning our wounds into wisdom…only God can do that, if we allow Him to work in us.
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exactly
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