--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: Many of us spend our whole lives running…" description: "\"Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. Wha..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg" --- # Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with… ![“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.” quote by Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg) > “Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.” [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. People often avoid feeling pain, believing it unbearable, yet they have already endured it and can move beyond it. **In simple terms:** We avoid pain but already survived it; we can feel beyond it. Key Takeaway Allow yourself to feel beyond past pain. Themes pain avoidance resilience Mood introspective cautious Type motivational therapeutic When to use this quote - therapy sessions - personal growth - grief work - stress management Key Concepts Emotional avoidance psychological endurance Questions to Reflect On - What feelings are you avoiding? - How can you safely explore them? A Different Perspective Pain avoidance can become chronic avoidance of all discomfort. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Faith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) [Fear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fear/) [Life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/life/) [Pain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/pain/) [Running](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/running/) ## Related quotes > [“Yearning for a better, brighter, more beautiful and sensitive life is borne in pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/yearning-for-a-better-brighter-more-beautiful-and-sensitive-life-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [She cuts herself, never too deep, never enough to die. But enough to feel the pain. enough to feel the scream inside](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/she-cuts-herself-never-too-deep-never-enough-to-die-but-enough-to/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [What makes people special is not the happiness you feel when you are with them, but the pain you feel when they are away…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-makes-people-special-is-not-the-happiness-you-feel-when-you-are/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The blade slips deep within my skin I feel the pain ease once again The warmth of red like a crimson tide quickly gushing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-blade-slips-deep-within-my-skin-i-feel-the-pain-ease-once-again/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [If I touch a burning candle, I can feel no pain. In the ice or in the sun, it's all the same. Yet I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/if-i-touch-a-burning-candle-i-can-feel-no-pain-in-the-ice-or-in-the/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [I love going to the gym, sweating, running around, feeling like I'm having a heart attack.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/liam-hemsworth/i-love-going-to-the-gym-sweating-running-around-feeling-like-i-m/) [Liam Hemsworth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/liam-hemsworth/) > [As a bowler it's a strange feeling when you start running through a team. You get that one wicket under your belt and suddenly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-mcgrath/as-a-bowler-it-s-a-strange-feeling-when-you-start-running-through-a/) [Glenn McGrath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-mcgrath/) > [When he inches into me, I feel the pain, but I also feel the invisible chains around my wrists break and shatter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-sorensen/when-he-inches-into-me-i-feel-the-pain-but-i-also-feel-the-invisible/) [Jessica Sorensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-sorensen/) > [Women are powerful. Our voices are powerful. We're more sensitive... We feel the pain of the people we're working with. If you feel the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-thomas-greenfield/women-are-powerful-our-voices-are-powerful-we-re-more-sensitive-we/) [Linda Thomas-Greenfield](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-thomas-greenfield/) > [Pain without love Pain, I can't get enough Pain, I like it rough 'Cause I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all You're sick…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/three-days-grace/pain-without-love-pain-i-can-t-get-enough-pain-i-like-it-rough-cause/) [Three Days Grace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/three-days-grace/) > [“Pain,without love Pain, I can't get enough Pain, I like it rough cuz I'd rather feel Pain than nothing at all. You're sick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/three-days-grace/pain-without-love-pain-i-can-t-get-enough-pain-i-like-it-rough-cuz-i/) [Three Days Grace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/three-days-grace/) > [~When I'm alone, I think when I think I remember when I remember I feel pain when I feel pain I cry when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/angel-eyes/when-i-m-alone-i-think-when-i-think-i-remember-when-i-remember-i-feel/) Angel\_eyes > [Do you ever wonder how everything can make you cry? The pain you feel is the pain you deserve.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nafha/do-you-ever-wonder-how-everything-can-make-you-cry-the-pain-you-feel/) [Nafha](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nafha/) > [“I think Dad wanted to feel the pain, to feel his body cry, an urgent reminder that he was still alive. I pretended not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raquel-cepeda/i-think-dad-wanted-to-feel-the-pain-to-feel-his-body-cry-an-urgent/) [Raquel Cepeda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raquel-cepeda/) > [Never give up, no matter how hard life gets no matter how much pain you feel. Pain will eventually subside, nothing remains forever, so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/imran-khan/never-give-up-no-matter-how-hard-life-gets-no-matter-how-much-pain/) [Imran Khan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/imran-khan/) ## More by Anonymous > [And a tear rolled down her cheek, as she said goodbye; because she's walking away, and she's never looking back](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-a-tear-rolled-down-her-cheek-as-she-said-goodbye-because-she-s/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Life is full of change. That's how we learn and grow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/life-is-full-of-change-that-s-how-we-learn-and-grow/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/you-ll-seldom-experience-regret-for-anything-that-you-ve-done-it-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Scrabble - The game is available in Braille. That’s a nice fact. This makes me feel better about humanity for some reason. I can’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/scrabble-the-game-is-available-in-braille-that-s-a-nice-fact-this/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Everyone needs someone to love, and I choose you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/everyone-needs-someone-to-love-and-i-choose-you/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“THIS tale of my sore-troubled life I write,    To thank the God of nature, who conveyed    My soul to me, and with such care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/this-tale-of-my-sore-troubled-life-i-write-to-thank-the-god-of-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Put on my J's and dance the whole night away Im naughty by nature like Im hip-hop hooray With my hands in the sky,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/put-on-my-j-s-and-dance-the-whole-night-away-im-naughty-by-nature/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Me.. I have been through a lot, but I still manage to have a smile on my face. Im not worried about the past…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/me-i-have-been-through-a-lot-but-i-still-manage-to-have-a-smile-on-my/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Distance is a test of love. many will fail for those who can't withstand it, but for those who can, theres only one answer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/distance-is-a-test-of-love-many-will-fail-for-those-who-can-t/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Im sorry I ever tried...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/im-sorry-i-ever-tried/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Being betrayed by the one you love is the worst feeling in the world...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/being-betrayed-by-the-one-you-love-is-the-worst-feeling-in-the-world/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Let children support their parents or be imprisoned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/let-children-support-their-parents-or-be-imprisoned/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The only person I've ever purposely caused pain here is myself...By simply sharing, caring too much.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-only-person-i-ve-ever-purposely-caused-pain-here-is-myself-by/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [“Start a business, not a startup”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/start-a-business-not-a-startup/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [The truth is, of course, that the curtness of the Ten Commandments is an evidence, not of the gloom and narrowness of a religion,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-truth-is-of-course-that-the-curtness-of-the-ten-commandments-is/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Explore all 162,899 Anonymous quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) ## More Faith quotes > [“What I have a problem with is not so much religion or god, but faith. When you say you believe something in your heart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/penn-jillette/what-i-have-a-problem-with-is-not-so-much-religion-or-god-but-faith/) [Penn Jillette](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/penn-jillette/) > [Eternal Trinity... mystery deep as the sea, You could give me no greater gift than the gift of Yourself. For You are a fire…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/st-catherine-of-siena/eternal-trinity-mystery-deep-as-the-sea-you-could-give-me-no-greater/) [St. Catherine of Siena](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/st-catherine-of-siena/) > [Keep the faith, and keep going strong!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doreen-virtue/keep-the-faith-and-keep-going-strong/) [Doreen Virtue](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doreen-virtue/) > [It’s so important to create in your own voice, to hold onto what makes you unique, and have faith in your vision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lasseter/it-s-so-important-to-create-in-your-own-voice-to-hold-onto-what-makes/) [John Lasseter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lasseter/) > [Faith gives you a certain structure and meaning to your life.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/riffat-hassan/faith-gives-you-a-certain-structure-and-meaning-to-your-life/) Riffat Hassan > [Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harry-s-truman/democracy-is-based-on-the-conviction-that-man-has-the-moral-and/) [Harry S. Truman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/harry-s-truman/) > [There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-englert/there-is-something-about-the-south-that-accepts-the-supernatural-if/) [Alice Englert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-englert/) > [“No man is prejudiced in favour of a thing, knowing it to be wrong. He is attached to it on the belief of its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/no-man-is-prejudiced-in-favour-of-a-thing-knowing-it-to-be-wrong-he/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [Let me tell you that atheism has never painted a masterpiece. Atheism has never dispelled fear. Atheism has never healed a disease; faith in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hagee/let-me-tell-you-that-atheism-has-never-painted-a-masterpiece-atheism/) [John Hagee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hagee/) > [Holiness sincerity, and faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/holiness-sincerity-and-faith/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [“The only limitations for your life are the limiting beliefs in your mind. —Matt Morris”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matt-morris-1/the-only-limitations-for-your-life-are-the-limiting-beliefs-in-your/) Matt Morris (1 > [“Just because your faith is shaken doesn’t mean the faith is shaken. The eternal truths of the Kingdom aren’t altered or affected by the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-arthur/just-because-your-faith-is-shaken-doesn-t-mean-the-faith-is-shaken/) [Sarah Arthur](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-arthur/) > [Grit, determination, the right amount of crazy, self belief - everything it takes to be a champion. I have that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dustin-poirier/grit-determination-the-right-amount-of-crazy-self-belief-everything/) [Dustin Poirier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dustin-poirier/) > [We only enter into the full life if our faith gives thanks. Because how else do we accept His free gift of salvation if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/we-only-enter-into-the-full-life-if-our-faith-gives-thanks-because/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Once you pull the trigger, you've got to throw balls aggressively and with conviction.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alex-smith/once-you-pull-the-trigger-you-ve-got-to-throw-balls-aggressively-and/) [Alex Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alex-smith/) [Browse all 37,796 Faith quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/faith/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the pain. But you have already borne the pain. What you have not done is feel all you are beyond that pain.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Anonymous" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running-from-feeling-with-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Faith" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running-from-feeling-with-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d3/anonymous-1_faith_many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running_446668.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Many of us spend our whole lives running from feeling with the mistaken belief that you can not bear the…” — Anonymous", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "Anonymous", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "Many of us spend our whole...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running-from-feeling-with-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-of-us-spend-our-whole-lives-running-from-feeling-with-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```