<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A painful life does not automatically become... > A painful life does not automatically become wisdom. Wisdom appears when experience is examined, patterns are named, claims are kept honest, and suffering is converted into a form another person can use without inheriting the wound. **Source:** [[livestreams/Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help - Workbook|Community, Agency, and the End of Passive Self-Help]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A painful life does not automatically become wisdom. Wisdom appears when experience is examined, patterns are named, claims are kept honest, and suffering is converted into a form another person can use without inheriting the wound.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-painful-life-automatically-without-inheriting-wound ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->