<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Pain can be converted into something meaningful.... > Pain can be converted into something meaningful. Writers, artists, and ordinary people alike can take what hurt them and shape it into words or work that helps others, so that their suffering is not wasted. Meaning does not erase pain, but it can redeem it. **Source:** [[livestreams/Enthusiasm, Identity, and the Emotional Energy of Creation - Workbook|Enthusiasm, Identity, and the Emotional Energy of Creation]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Pain can be converted into something meaningful. Writers, artists, and ordinary people alike can take what hurt them and shape it into words or work that helps others, so that their suffering is not wasted. Meaning does not erase pain, but it can redeem it.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-pain-converted-something-erase-pain-redeem ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->