{"id":424,"date":"2013-09-09T12:29:44","date_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/?p=424"},"modified":"2013-09-09T12:29:44","modified_gmt":"2013-09-09T12:29:44","slug":"as-this-new-york-times-sunday-review-article-suggests-calamity-cracks-you-open-moves-you-to-change-your-ways-sometimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/as-this-new-york-times-sunday-review-article-suggests-calamity-cracks-you-open-moves-you-to-change-your-ways-sometimes\/","title":{"rendered":"As this New York Times Sunday Review article suggests: &#8220;Calamity cracks you open, moves you to change your ways.Sometimes.&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the-value-of-suffering.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-425\" alt=\"Dr. Brett- the value of suffering\" src=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/the-value-of-suffering-300x225.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I&#8217;ve done a fair amount of suffering in my lifetime as have many of us. Sometimes, I tell clients that appearances are deceiving and that I&#8217;ve suffered far more than my confident, occasionally nonchalant style may show. One thing I&#8217;ve learned from suffering is that we can get stronger, more clear, and more aware but that doesn&#8217;t make it easy. Sometimes, all the suffering makes life seem pointless and yet other times, it makes us feel grateful for what we have. I agree with the Dalai Lama that helping others and working hard helps &#8211; so does <a title=\"Life Coach\" href=\"http:\/\/www.drbrettdenkin.com\/life-coach\/\">creativity<\/a>. There is nothing like that feeling of creativity to make us feel more alive and feel like our life experience, no matter how hard it is, is worthwhile. I also work on loving and letting go because all of us are faced with these ways of being every day. And the more we love and the more capable of letting go we become, the greater we enjoy the journey!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve done a fair amount of suffering in my lifetime as have many of us. Sometimes, I tell clients that appearances are deceiving and that I&#8217;ve suffered far more than my confident, occasionally nonchalant style may show. 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