The type of pain, the ache I experience when I slow down, when I pause from my frantic anti-slothness, brings empathy, understanding, wisdom. It hurts, yes, but it enables me to lean more heavily into moments of unencumbered joy, to fight for all that is wonderful in this world. If there is no yin to the yang, then we lack perspective and our range of feeling becomes limited, partially expressed, unfit for the vagaries of life.
