Life was never meant to be easy, and no one with any wisdom has ever told us it should be. Our experience on earth is about the light AND the darkness, the joy AND the sorrow, the ecstasy AND the pain. We are deluding ourselves if we believe that our lives can be anything but a balance of the good and the bad.

And if this is true and all our experiences are a valid part of our human journey, can we stop vilifying our pain and accept it as a necessary part of our human life.

Here's a guided meditation podcast on how to be grateful when life sucks.