Welcome pain, for it is sent to instruct the wise man. He felt a needle of indignation poking at him. Pain sent by the gods as instruction? It smacked of a cliché he loathed above all others: All that happens, happens for a purpose. The notion rankled him. It was his conviction that learning came to spite suffering, not because of it. Philosophers and priests who believed pain was a blessing in disguise could go fuck themselves.
