Benjamin Franklin is attributed as saying, “There are no gains without pains.” Today that saying has been shortened to, “No pain, no gain.”
It’s a good thing to remember, and it is true that our struggles do make us stronger, whether it is just a slight bump in the road or if it is a true difficulty.
Nobody likes to go through pain and suffering, and yet we have a few expressions where we compare what we are experiencing, using the word pain, as if it is a true comparison.