What this quote means
Painful experiences tend to teach something you could not have learned any other way, and what you learn changes how you act next time. The quote does not say pain is good. It says pain does not have to be wasted.
When to share it: Share it with someone looking back on a hard year and trying to make sense of it.
Who said it?
The original author is unknown. The line has been shared widely online for years without a confirmed source, so we credit it as Author Unknown rather than guess.
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