Piano

Giovanni Boldini, La Femme En Rouge

This picture is so stunning, I still want to learn the piano!

Image by Masaaki Sasamoto

"Strength of character means the ability to overcome resentment against others, to hide hurt feelings, and to forgive quickly." - Unknown

Agreed.

People who have touched their lives

"Happiness lies for those who cry, those who hurt, those who have searched, and those who have tried for only they can appreciate the importance of people who have touched their lives."

It didn't say who wrote this quote, but I really did love it. Although pain is horrible, any kind of pain is. But I know through pain we learn, that's how we learn not to touch the hot stove when we're 4 because we burnt our hand on it. It teaches us, the hard way. But if it tried teaching us the easy way wouldn't we keep making the same mistake because we feel there is no consequence? Whether is be emotional or physical pain, because without feeling any kind of consequence we'd have many more broken legs and people giving away they hearts to whoever made them feel special regardless of the fact they continuously cheated (those are just some random examples). I think it's the same with emotional pain, we learn from past hurts and how to avoid them in the future. Or how to better deal with situations and to be able to hold onto our self respect.