Response to pain

I believe there are two ways to respond to pain.
1) we make ourselves victim to life and make ourselves believe that nothing ever good comes out of life. As a result, we miss the amazing things that remind us there are still things that are beautiful. We forget what is beauty.
OR

2) we see our pain as a catalyst to open our eyes to things that are beautiful and to see the beauty in the pain. It makes us see the things that will be waiting if we choose.
Nothing says it better than the Cross of Jesus Christ: Divinity taking on humanity's pain to make it beautiful. This is your life, are you who you want to be.

This is your choice. This is your life.