Leigh Radford

“The self-awareness of human beings allows us to endure levels of pain unknown to other mammals because we understand its purpose. Our consciousness enables us to weigh up a situation, evaluate its risk, measure out the possibility of a successful outcome. This allows us to tolerate pain more readily. We alone know what is coming for us. And we know it’s going to hurt. Babies are born in agony, delivered through industrial feats of teeth-gritting and ripped skin, as women tear themselves apart to bring forth new life. There is no end to the suffering for which we will not volunteer ourselves if we can hold on to hope, if we believe that the light at the end of that long dark tunnel is just that. Light.”
― Leigh Radford, One Yellow Eye