Shifting Sense of Self

Two of the most powerful quotes, I have ever come across. Literally have shifted my sense of self. 
As I grow happier each day, I understand that:

 "since most of our hurts come through our relationships, so too, will our healing."
---William P. Young


“Wounding and healing are not opposites. They're part of the same thing. It is our wounds that enable us to be compassionate with the wounds of others. It is our limitations that make us kind to the limitations of other people. It is our loneliness that helps us to to find other people or to even know they're alone with an illness. I want to spend my life, helping people,with the  parts of myself I used to be ashamed of. ” 
--Rachel Naomi Remen

“Pain is a pesky part of being human, I've learned it feels like a stab wound to the heart, something I wish we could all do without, in our lives here. Pain is a sudden hurt that can't be escaped. But then I have also learned that because of pain, I can feel the beauty, tenderness, and freedom of healing. Pain feels like a fast stab wound to the heart. But then healing feels like the wind against your face when you are spreading your wings and flying through the air! We may not have wings growing out of our backs, but healing is the closest thing that will give us that wind against our faces.” 

-- C. JoyBell